World Quotes - Page 27

• We should challenge the relativism that tells us there is no right or wrong, when every instinct of our mind knows it is not so, and is a mere excuse to allow us to indulge in what we believe we can get away with. A world without values quickly becomes a world without value.

  Jonathan Sacks

  Believe, Indulge In, Challenges

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• The Mole was bewitched, entranced, fascinated. By the side of the river he trotted as one trots, when very small, by the side of a man who holds one spellbound by exciting stories; and when tired at last, he sat on the bank, while the river still chattered on to him, a babbling procession of the best stories in the world, sent from the heart of the earth to be told at last to the insatiable sea.

  Kenneth Grahame

  Tired, Heart, Men

  Kenneth Grahame (2015). “Wind in the Willows (Illustrated): Children’s Classic with Original Illustrations”, p.5, e-artnow

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• Humbling was a nice word, Rahel thought. Humbling along without a care in the world

  Arundhati Roy

  Nice, Care, Humbling

  Arundhati Roy (2002). “The God of Small Things”, p.54, Penguin Books India

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• This land, although not my native land, Will be remembered forever. And the sea's lightly iced, Unsalty water. The sand on the bottom is whiter than chalk, The air is heady, like wine, And the rosy body of the pines Is naked in the sunset hour. And the sunset itself on such waves of ether That I just can't comprehend Whether it is the end of the day, the end of the world, Or the mystery of mysteries in me again.

  Anna Akhmatova

  Wine, Sunset, Air

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• The world is not a wish-granting factory.

  John Green

  Stars, Truth, Hipster

  John Green (2012). “The Fault in Our Stars”, p.113, Penguin

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• Overhead, the two moons worked together to bathe the world in a strange light.

  Haruki Murakami

  Moon, Light, Two

  FaceBook post by Haruki Murakami from Dec 07, 2015

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• The heart of the world is breaking under this load of pride and pretense. There is no release from our burden apart from the meekness of Christ.

  Aiden Wilson Tozer

  Heart, Pride, Christ

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• The world is perishing for lack of the knowledge of God and the Church is famishing for want of His Presence.

  Aiden Wilson Tozer

  Church, Want, Knowledge Of God

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• Decades ago, our ancestors realized that it is not just political ideology, religious belief, race, or nationalism that is to blame for a warring world. Rather, they determined that it was the fault of human personality - of humankind's inclination towards evil, in whatever form that is. They divided into factions that sought to eradicate those qualities they believed responsible for the world's disarray.

  Veronica Roth

  Religious, Race, Evil

  Veronica Roth (2013). “Divergent (Divergent Trilogy, Book 1)”, p.29, HarperCollins UK

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• It's very hard, feeling that you're no more than a piece of unwanted furniture in this world.

  Anton Chekhov

  Feelings, Pieces, Furniture

  Anton Chekhov (2004). “The Shooting Party”, p.236, Penguin UK

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• In a way. Magic is the act of making a wish come about. Like praying, like plotting, like herbs, like exerting your will on the world, making something happen.

  Philippa Gregory

  Magic, Wish, Way

  Philippa Gregory (2013). “The Lady of the Rivers”, p.225, Simon and Schuster

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• I would live in a world of Christ-like humans, but not one full of Christians, may God forgive me.

  Kate Horsley

  Christian, Forgive Me, Forgiving

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• There are always too few perfect breasts in this world; leave yours alone.

  William Goldman

  Perfect, This World, Breasts

  William Goldman (2013). “The Princess Bride”, p.214, A&C Black

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• Fenworth owned a world-famous library. More rooms held books than beds. Pillows stuffed in niches and comfortable chairs scattered throughout each room offered abundant paces to curl up and read.

  Donita K. Paul

  Book, Library, Bed

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• I remember I used to half believe and wholly play with fairies when I was a child. What heaven can be more real than to retain the spirit-world of childhood, tempered and balanced by knowledge and common-sense...

  Beatrix Potter

  Children, Real, Believe

  Journal entry, from the National Trust collection, November 17, 1968.

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• Sometimes he tried too hard to make sense of the world, to figure out why people were bad to each other so often.

  Jon Krakauer

  People, Sometimes, Figures

  FaceBook post by Jon Krakauer from Sep 24, 2016

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• tis hard to live in a world where all look upon you as below them.

  James F. Cooper

  Looks, Hard

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• How carelessly imperial power vivisected ancient civilizations. Palestine and Kashmir are imperial Britain's festering, blood-drenched gifts to the modem world. Both are fault lines in the raging international con�icts of today.

  Arundhati Roy

  Ancient Civilizations, Blood, Kashmir

  Transcription of Arundhati Roy reading and Ms. Roy and Howard Zinn in conversation Lensic Performing Arts Center Santa Fe, New Mexico, www.scoop.co.nz. November 8, 2002.

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• I'm not sure there are enough white roses in the world to make me forget Richard." I held up my hand before she could interrupt. "But I'm not sure there are enough cozy afternoons in all eternity to make me forget Jean-Claude.

  Laurell K. Hamilton

  Hands, White, Rose

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• I mean that two of any thing is a most uncomfortable number. One may do as he pleases. Six may get along well enough. But two must always struggle for mastery. Two must always watch each other. The eyes of all the world will be on two, uncertain which of them to follow.

  Susanna Clarke

  Struggle, Mean, Eye

  Susanna Clarke (2009). “Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell”, p.542, Bloomsbury Publishing

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• So remember this is a bieber world.your just living in it. Bieber or die.

  Justin Bieber

  Remember, Dies

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• I am Todd Hewitt, I think to myself with my eyes closed. I am twelve years and twelve months old. I live in Prentisstown on New World. I will be a man in one month’s time exactly.

  Patrick Ness

  Eye, Men, Thinking

  "Becoming a Reflective English Teacher". Book by Andrew Green, 2011.

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• Now let me be clear; millions of women around the world nurse their children beautifully for years without giving anybody else a hard time about it. Teat Nazis are a solely western upper-middle-class phenomenon occurring when highly ambitious women experience deprivation from outside modes of achievement.

  Tina Fey

  Children, Hard Times, Years

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• A real love letter is made of insight, understanding, and compassion. Otherwise it's not a love letter. A true love letter can produce a transformation in the other person, and therefore in the world. But before it produces a transformation in the other person, it has to produce a transformation within us. Some letters may take the whole of our lifetime to write.

  Nhat Hanh

  Peace, Truth, Real

  Thich Nhat Hanh (2011). “Your True Home: The Everyday Wisdom of Thich Nhat Hanh: 365 days of practical, powerful teaching s from the beloved Zen teacher”, p.24, Shambhala Publications

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• Is it a shame that I can’t accept love? Am I too burned out to move towards what will keep me alive or too smart to get pulled into someone else’s world?

  Henry Rollins

  Smart, Moving, Alive

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