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#1
“In the case of good books, the point is not to see how many of them you can get through, but rather how many can get through to you.”
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Mortimer J. Adler
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“A man sometimes devotes his life to a desire which he is not sure will ever be fulfilled. Those who laugh at this folly are, after all, no more than mere spectators of life.”
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Ryunosuke Akutagawa,
Rashomon and Other Stories
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#3
“Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow, it empties today of its strength.”
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Corrie Ten Boom,
Clippings from My Notebook
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#4
“The opposite of love is not hate, it's indifference. The opposite of art is not ugliness, it's indifference. The opposite of faith is not heresy, it's indifference. And the opposite of life is not death, it's indifference.”
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Elie Wiesel
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#5
“Despite my ghoulish reputation, I really have the heart of a small boy. I keep it in a jar on my desk.”
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Robert Bloch
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#6
“Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind.”
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Bernard M. Baruch
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#7
“It's so hard to forget pain, but it's even harder to remember sweetness. We have no scar to show for happiness. We learn so little from peace.”
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Chuck Palahniuk,
Diary
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#8
“This is your life and its ending one moment at a time.”
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Chuck Palahniuk,
Fight Club
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#9
“You know, some people say life is short and that you could get hit by a bus at any moment and that you have to live each day like it's your last. Bullshit. Life is long. You're probably not gonna get hit by a bus. And you're gonna have to live with the choices you make for the next fifty years.”
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Chris Rock
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#10
“I'll take crazy over stupid any day.”
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Joss Whedon
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#11
“All that glisters is not gold;
Often have you heard that told:
Many a man his life hath sold
But my outside to behold:
Gilded tombs do worms enfold.”
―
William Shakespeare,
The Merchant of Venice
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#12
“There comes a time in a man's life when to get where he has to go--if there are no doors or windows--he walks through a wall.”
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Bernard Malamud
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#13
“Anyone who thinks sitting in church can make you a Christian must also think that sitting in a garage can make you a car.”
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Garrison Keillor
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#14
“I love you as certain dark things are to be loved,
in secret, between the shadow and the soul.”
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Pablo Neruda,
100 Love Sonnets
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love
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#15
“You know the world is going crazy when the best rapper is a white guy, the best golfer is a black guy, the tallest guy in the NBA is Chinese, the Swiss hold the America's Cup, France is accusing the U.S. of arrogance, Germany doesn't want to go to war, and the three most powerful men in America are named "Bush", "Dick", and "Colin." Need I say more?”
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Chris Rock
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#16
“A sickly sweet odor invaded Duncan’s head, pushing away the stench of burning hair. The fact that it smelled tasty made it even more disgusting.”
―
Jack Kilborn,
Afraid
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#17
“Something warm and wet on my big toe. Jesus… he’s got my toein his mouth. His tongue circled it, once, twice, and then I felt the suction. Heard the slurping. Heard him moan. This freak is sucking my toe.”
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Jack Kilborn,
Truck Stop
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