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• A true man does what he will, not what he must.

  George R. R. Martin

  Men, True Man

  George R. R. Martin (2011). “A Game of Thrones 4-Book Bundle: A Song of Ice and Fire Series: A Game of Thrones, A Clash of Kings, A Storm of Swords, and A Feast for Crows”, p.435, Bantam

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• Money, it is often said, does not bring happiness; it must be added, however, that it makes it possible to support unhappiness with exemplary fortitude.

  Robertson Davies

  Support, Fortitude, Unhappiness

  Robertson Davies (1952). “Tempest-tost”, Clarke Irwin

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• Death does that: it makes everyone feel sentimental. When we stand in front of a coffin, we all see only what is good or what we want to see.

  Carlos Ruiz Zafon

  Coffins, Want, Sentimental

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• If I'm sincere today, what does it matter if I regret it tomorrow?

  Jose Saramago

  Regret, Today, Does It Matter

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• The loadstar of a saint is God Himself, not estimated usefulness. It is the work that God does through us that count, not what we do for him.

  Oswald Chambers

  Saint, Usefulness

  Oswald Chambers (2011). “My Utmost for His Highest Classic Edition”, p.496, Discovery House

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• What does it feel like to get shot?" "I don't recommend it," said Nellie in a controlled voice. "Chocolate is definitely better.

  Gordon Korman

  Voice, Chocolate, Shots

  Gordon Korman (2011). “The Medusa Plot”, p.105, Scholastic Inc.

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• Surely He does not give us hearts so we may spend our lives ignoring them.

  R.L. LaFevers

  Heart, Giving, May

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• ...Time does not heal, It makes a half-stitched scar That can be broken and again you feel Grief as total as in its first hour. -Elizabeth Jennings

  Kay Redfield Jamison

  Grief, Broken, Half

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• Macbeth: How does your patient, doctor? Doctor: Not so sick, my lord, as she is troubled with thick-coming fancies that keep her from rest. Macbeth: Cure her of that! Canst thou not minister to a mind diseased, pluck from the memory a rooted sorrow, raze out the written troubles of the brain, and with some sweet oblivious antidote cleanse the stuffed bosom of that perilous stuff which weighs upon her heart. Doctor: Therein the patient must minister to himself.

  William Shakespeare

  Sweet, Memories, Heart

  William Shakespeare (2009). “Four Tragedies: Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, Macbeth”, p.892, Bantam Classics

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• Do you think people have noticed that I'm around?" "I notice when you're not. Does that count?

  Melina Marchetta

  Thinking, People, Saving Francesca

  Melina Marchetta (2007). “Saving Francesca”, p.167, Knopf Books for Young Readers

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• All we could get out of them was that they were taking us to 'Kurokuma'. We didn't know if that was a place or a person. What does it mean, by the way?' 'I'm told it's a term of great respect,' Horace said, unwilling to admit that he didn't know.

  John Flanagan

  Mean, Way, Said

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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, Differences

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• Suddenly he stops. He looks up. For, lo, there she stands. The girl of his dreams. Who she is or whence she came, he knows not, nor does he care for his heart tells him that here, here is the maid predestined to be his bride.

  Walt Disney

  Girl, Dream, Heart

  "Fictional character: Grand Duke". "Cinderella", www.imdb.com. 1950.

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• I never want to be away from you again, except at work, in the restroom or when one of us is at a movie the other does not want to see.

  Daniel Handler

  Relationship, Movie, I Miss You

  "The Beatrice Letters". Book by Daniel Handler, 2006.

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• I, too, seem to be a connoisseur of rain, but it does not fill me with joy; it allows me to steep myself in a solitude I nurse like a vice I've refused to vanquish.

  Julia Glass

  Rain, Nurse, Joy

  Julia Glass (2003). “Three Junes”, Vintage

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• When two people love each other, they do not comply and does not dominate, only complement each other.

  Jacqueline Kelly

  Two, People, Love Each Other

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• Intellectual understanding does not always bring visceral belief.

  Orson Scott Card

  Understanding, Intellectual, Belief

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• I moved to leave, and Dylan actually grabbed my shoulders. I was so surprised that i forgot to karate-chop his elbows and break his arms.' “I don’t want anything to happen to you,” he said urgently. “What you want does not matter here,” I said slowly and carefully. I hoped Dylan was sensitive enough to read between the lines, to the subtext of: Let go of me or I’ll kill you.

  James Patterson

  Letting Go, Read Between The Lines, Elbows

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• Above a certain level of income, the relative value of material consumption vis-a-vis leisure time is diminished, so earning a higher income at the cost of working longer hours may reduce the quality of your life. More importantly, the fact that the citizens of a country work longer than others in comparable countries does not necessarily mean that they like working longer hours. They may be compelled to work long hours, even if they actually want to take longer holidays.

  Ha-Joon Chang

  Country, Holiday, Mean

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• Love is a mystery. We embrace it where we can. Mostly we do not choose whom we love. It just happens. A voice speaks to us, in ways the ears cannot hear. We recognize a beauty the eye does not see. We experience a change in our hearts that no voice can describe.

  David Gemmell

  Heart, Eye, Love Is

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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

  Differences, World, Littles

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• What honest boy would pride himself on not picking pockets ? A thief who was trying to reform would. To be conceited of doing one's duty is then a sign of how little one does it, and how little one sees what a contemptible thing it is not to do it. Could any but a low creature be conceited of not being contemptible? Until our duty becomes to us common as breathing, we are poor creatures.

  George MacDonald

  Pride, Boys, Conceited

  George Macdonald (2012). “The Lost Princess: A Double Tale”, p.39, Simon and Schuster

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• See the valentine I made for Linus? On the inside, I wrote, To my sweet babboo." "He says he's not your sweet babboo." "What does he know?

  Charles M. Schulz

  Sweet, Valentine, Made

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• I am jealous of everything whose beauty does not die. I am jealous of the portrait you have painted of me. Why should it keep what I must lose? Every moment that passes takes something from me and gives something to it. Oh, if it were only the other way! If the picture could change, and I could be always what I am now! Why did you paint it? It will mock me some day—mock me horribly!

  Oscar Wilde

  Jealous, Giving, Portraits

  Oscar Wilde (2017). “The Picture of Dorian Gray (English French Edition illustrated): Le Portrait de Dorian Gray (Anglais Français édition illustré)”, p.61, Clap Publishing, LLC.

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• But where, after we have made the great decision to leave the security of childhood and move on into the vastness of maturity, does anybody ever feel completely at home?

  Madeleine L'Engle

  Moving, Home, Maturity

  Madeleine L'Engle (2016). “A Circle of Quiet”, p.55, Open Road Media

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