The human language, as precise as it is with its thousands of words, can still be so wonderfully vague.
— The Art of Racing In The Rain, by Garth Stein
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- Sarah: I drive like a crazy person and you always drive so slow!
- Earl: I only drive so slow sweetheart, because you're in the car with me.
Failures plagued me. Things I had omitted or ignored, neglected. What I should have given and hadn’t. I felt the biting pang of every unfulfillment.
— What Dreams May Come, by Richard Matheson
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There was much to hate in this world and too much to love.
— Gregory Macguire, Wicked : The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West
She loved the sea. She liked the sharp salty smell of the air, and the vastness of horizons bounded only by a vault of azure sky above. It made her feel small, but free as well.
— George R. R. Martin, A Storm of Swords
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Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again but expecting different results.
— Rita Mae Brown, in Sudden Death
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Wanting people to listen, you can’t just tap them on the shoulder anymore. You have to hit them with a sledgehammer, and then you’ll notice you’ve got their strict attention.
— John Doe, in Se7en
You confuse not speaking with not listening.
— Gregory Maguire, in Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West
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I object to violence because when it appears to do good, the good is only temporary; the evil it does is permanent.
— Mahatma Gandhi
It is a mistake to try to look too far ahead. The chain of destiny can only be grasped one link at a time.
— Sir Winston Churchill
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