In reading a novel, any novel, we have to know perfectly well that the whole thing is nonsense, and then, while reading, believe every word of it. Finally, when we're done with it, we may find, if it's a good novel, that we're a bit different from what we were before we read it, that we have changed a little. But it's very hard to say just what we learned, how we were changed. ~Ursula K. Le Guin
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When sleeping women wake, mountains move. ~African Proverb
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In every head is some wisdom. ~Arabic Proverb
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Every author in some way portrays himself in his works, even if it be against his will. ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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From our ancestors come our names, but from our virtues our honors. ~Proverb
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Keep a green tree in your heart and perhaps a singing bird will come. ~Chinese Proverb
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I think that the best rock n' roll is about the spirit of being young, the feeling of being 16 and getting crazy with your friends and going out to a show and just that whole feeling. ~Sebastian Bach
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Luck has a slender anchorage. ~English Proverb
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The eye never forgets what the heart has seen. ~African Proverb
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Behind every beautiful thing, there's some kind of pain. ~Bob Dylan
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Nothing got without pains but an ill name and long nails. ~Scottish Proverb
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Every cloud has a silver lining. ~English Proverb
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To a mind that is still, the whole universe surrenders. ~Zen Proverb
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Every dog hath its day. ~English Proverb
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Take heed: you do not find what you do not seek. ~English Proverb
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A friend in need is a friend indeed. ~Chinese Proverb
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Indecision is like a stepchild; if he does not wash his hands, he is called dirty, if he does, he is wasting water. ~African Proverb
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In what bold relief stand out the lives of all walkers of the snow! The snow is a great tell-tale, and blabs as effectually as it obliterates. I go into the woods, and know all that has happened. I cross the fields, and if only a mouse has visited his neighbor, the fact is chronicled. ~John Burroughs
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Luck is infatuated with the efficient. ~Persian Proverb
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Some may claim that is it unscientific to speak of the operations of nature as miracles. But the point of the title lies in the paradox of finding so many wonderful things subservient to the rule of law. ~Elisha Gray
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I don't know what life was like 1,000 years ago, but I imagine there was the same struggle; people trying to connect with each other. ~Spike Jonze
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The best thing a girl can be is a good wife and mother. It is a girl's highest calling. I hope I am ready. ~Nancy E. Turner
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It takes time to build castles. Rome was not built in a day. ~Irish Proverb
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But you know, my dad called me the laziest white kid he ever met. When I screamed back at him that he was putting down a race of people to call me lazy, his answer was that's not what he was doing, and that I was also the dumbest white kid he ever met. ~Norman Lear
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Sometimes in life, a fog sets in and you don't know which way is the right direction. Every voice may tell you it's not going to happen, but God has placed a promise in your heart. Refuse to listen to those voices. Keep believing. ~Joel Osteen
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