Differences Quotes - Page 38

• These infinitesimal distinctions between man and man are too paltry for an Omnipotent Being. How these madmen give themselves away! The real God taketh heed lest a sparrow fall. But the God created from human vanity sees no difference between an eagle and a sparrow.

  Bram Stoker

  Real, Fall, Men

  Bram Stoker, Eleanor Bourg Nicholson (2012). “Dracula”, p.151, Ignatius Press

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• I'm not sure if I could tell the difference—between just staring into space and thinking. We're usually thinking all the time, aren't we? Not that we live in order to think, but the opposite isn't true either—that we think in order to live. I believe, contrary to Descartes, that we sometimes think in order not to be. Staring into space might unintentionally have the opposite effect.

  Haruki Murakami

  Believe, Thinking, Order

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• The difference between children and adults is that they're shorter - not dumber.

  Mo Willems

  Children, Adults

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• Well that's too bad, because this is an assassination." "No, this is an execution." "The difference would be...?" "Assassination is murder. Execution is justice.

  Rachel Vincent

  Justice, Would Be, Execution

  Rachel Vincent (2011). “Blood Bound”, p.76, Harlequin

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• Do you know the primary difference between men and gods? ... Gods don’t think they can become men

  Dennis Lehane

  Men, Thinking, Knows

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• But I wasn't happy... when I heard you two had assaulted Castle Macindaw with just thirty men,' [said Halt]. 'Thirty-three,' mumbled Horace... The Ranger gave him a withering look. 'Oh, pardon me... three more men does make a lot of difference.

  John Flanagan

  Men, Two, Castles

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• Hatred ever kills, love never dies. Such is the vast difference between the two. What is obtained by love is retained for all time. What is obtained by hatred proves a burden in reality for it increases hatred." - by Mohandas K. Gandhi -

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Love, Reality, Two

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• I really tried, or so I thought, to avoid lying, but it seemed to me that they forced it on me by the difference in their vision of things, so that I was always transposing reality for them into something they could understand.

  Mary McCarthy

  Lying, Reality, Vision

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• I don't know what sort of world she will live in and I have no fixed opinions concerning how she should live in it. I only know that if she does not come to value what is true above what is useful, it will make little difference whether she lives at all.

  Cormac McCarthy

  Doe, World, Littles

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• Love without trust. The difference between holding a hand and chaining a soul

  Kay Hooper

  Hands, Soul, Without Trust

  Kay Hooper (2016). “What Dreams May Come”, p.54, Loveswept

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• The difference between a house and a home is like the difference between a man and a woman-- it might be embarrassing to explain, but it would be very unusual to get them confused.

  Daniel Handler

  Confused, Home, Men

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• Everyone things children are sweet as Necco Wafers, but I've lived long enough to know the truth: kids are rotten. The only difference between grown-ups and kids is that grown-ups go to jail for murder. Kids get away with it.

  Jennifer L. Holm

  Sweet, Children, Kids

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• The only difference between us and the animals is our ability to accessorize!

  Robert Harling

  Animal, Ability

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• Forget Not: 1)to be patient with yourself. 2) the difference between good and foolish sacrifices. 3) to be happy NOW. 4) the 'why' of the gospel. 5) the Lord loves you.

  Dieter F. Uchtdorf

  Love You, Sacrifice, Patient

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• ...dreams were dreams and reality was reality and she felt people were better off understanding the difference.

  Libba Bray

  Dream, Reality, People

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• The silence wasn't like the ones I'd known lately, though: it wasn't empty as much as chosen. There's a entirely different feel to quiet when you're with some-one else, and at any moment it could be broken. Like the difference between a pause and an ending.

  Sarah Dessen

  Broken, Silence, Different

  Sarah Dessen (2006). “The Truth About Forever”, p.70, Penguin

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• The difference between a path and a road is not only the obvious one. A path is little more than a habit that comes with knowledge of a place. It is a sort of ritual of familiarity. As a form, it is a form of contact with a known landscape. It is not destructive. It is the perfect adaptation, through experience and familiarity, of movement to place; it obeys the natural contours; such obstacles as it meets it goes around.

  Wendell Berry

  Perfect, Movement, Landscape

  Wendell Berry (2003). “The Art of the Commonplace: The Agrarian Essays of Wendell Berry”, p.12, Counterpoint

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• Like some kind of strange vacuum cleaner I tried to console him. I recited the same old litanies that you say to people when you try to help their broken hearts, but words can't help at all. It's just the sound of another human voice that makes the only difference. There's nothing you're ever going to say that's going to make anybody happy when they're feeling shitty about losing somebody that they love.

  Richard Brautigan

  Heart, Voice, People

  Richard Brautigan (1995). “Revenge of the Lawn, The Abortion, So the Wind Won't Blow It All Away”, p.33, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• I ignore my fear,” he says. “When I make decisions, I pretend it doesn’t exist.” I stare at him for a second. I can’t help it. To me there’s a difference between not being afraid and acting in spite of fear, as he does.

  Veronica Roth

  Decision, Acting, Doe

  Veronica Roth (2013). “The Divergent Series Complete Collection: Divergent, Insurgent, Allegiant”, p.71, Harper Collins

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• You can’t go back. Can’t fix what broke. But you can go forward. And every step matters. Every one makes a difference.” She pushed away from the desk, cupped his face in her hands. “From where I’m standing, you’re the best step I ever took.

  Nora Roberts

  Hands, Making A Difference, Matter

  J. D. Robb, Nora Roberts (2011). “J.D. Robb The IN DEATH Collection”, p.1333, Penguin

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• The Principle of Priority states (a) you must know the difference between what is urgent and what is important, and (b) you must do what’s important first.

  Steven Pressfield

  Priorities, Important, Principles

  Steven Pressfield (2002). “The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks and Win Your Inner Creative Battles”, p.65, Black Irish Entertainment LLC

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• Once, I was easy. Now, I was choosy. See? Big difference.

  Sarah Dessen

  Easy, Bigs, Choosy

  Sarah Dessen (2004). “This Lullaby”, p.96, Penguin

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• I planned my whole future around Adam," she said now, quietly. "And now I have nothing." "No," I told her, "now you just don't have Adam. There's a big difference, Lissa. You just can't see it yet.

  Sarah Dessen

  Adam, Bigs, Said

  Sarah Dessen (2004). “This Lullaby”, p.117, Penguin

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• Despite our differences, we did have a history. No one understood where I was coming from the way he did.

  Sarah Dessen

  Way, Understood, Despite

  Sarah Dessen (2004). “This Lullaby”, p.171, Penguin

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• Sting told me if I love somebody I should set them free. I doubt Sting ever loved anyone with wings. If he did he might rethink such a stupid sentiment. I suppose the point is to wait for your love to come back to you voluntarily. I wonder if there’s a difference between setting something free and letting it go? I probably did it wrong. I should stop taking advice from my radio. I worry that you’re lost. I keep a heart-shaped cage unlocked for you, out on the street where it can easily be seen. So if one day you return at least you’ll have a place to stay.

  Erin Morgenstern

  Stupid, Heart, Wings

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