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to start by assuming that it is impossib... LEWIS N. ROE Using the scientific knowledge that we
currently possess, we can take simple logical steps, backed b... LEWIS N. ROE Run... That's what's going to save you from the deadly virus "PORNOGRAPHY DEYTH BANGER The role of the
Christian is to let other people know what Jesus has done, not to
think of themselve... LEWIS N. ROE Naturalistic atheism debunks itself. It
has no power to explain even some
of the most basic principl... LEWIS N. ROE It's important to understand that if
someone calls themselves a Christian, it does not automatically... LEWIS N. ROE From the pain come the dream From the dream come the vision From the vision come the people<... PETER GABRIEL Where did you get your tat?” “Aaron’s shop. You want to get a tat?” he asked, grinning... BIJOU HUNTER It's that feeling you get somehow knowing that something great is about to happen... about to happen... SANHITA BARUAH Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here?' 'That depends a good deal on whe... LEWIS CARROLL Give someone a thought, and they will produce an act;
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no proof for the
supernatural, but they
also have no proof
against it. If we ... LEWIS N. ROE Where does the mind come from? Where do individual thoughts come from? Where does all talent come fr... SHANA ODEN Happiness is not a destination. It cannot be bought, sold or traded. Happiness is the gift of the jo... LISA CYPERS KAMEN Petruchio: Come, come, you wasp; i' faith, you are too angry. Katherine: If I be waspish, best ... WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE But how can you walk away from something and still come back to it?" "Easy," said the cat. "Thi... NEIL GAIMAN The president's authority to take military action — including the use of communications intelligen... THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The president's authority to take military action including the use of communications intelligenc... THE ASSOCIATED PRESS You need to know where to go,' Sanya said. 'Yes,' 'And you are going to consult four large... JIM BUTCHER From where can your authority and license as a parent come from, when you who are old, do worse thin... JUVENAL How to get it, I annoy you??? You are not interested??? What's the idea??? DEYTH BANGER These young ones. They do not understand. There are so few of us left who remember how destructive r... CONNILYN COSSETTE Hope Smiles from the threshold of the year to come, Whispering 'it will be happier'... ALFRED TENNYSON No use thinking of the past for its gone, don't think of the future because it has to come, think of... KAZI SHAMS Whatever you have to say, leave The roots on, let them Dangle And the dirt CHARLES OLSON After a point, it doesn't matter where you come from. There are many star kids who haven't d... KRITI SANON Off come her skirts and petticoats, her lace cuffs and collar, her shoes and whalebone stay, until s... DANIELLE DUTTON You are perfect for a female." "Not where I come from." "Then they're using the wrong stan... J.R. WARD We're doomed to repeat the past no matter what. That's what it is to be alive. It's pretty dense kid... KURT VONNEGUT Those who forget the past are doomed to repeat it SARA SHEPARD What did you put in the fire?" Kaladin said. "To make that special smoke?" "Nothing. It was jus... BRANDON SANDERSON A SMALL PIECE OF TRUTH I do not carry a sickle or scythe. I only wear a hooded black robe ... MARKUS ZUSAK Call this an unfair generalization if you must,
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have been befuddled by the mysteries... LEWIS N. ROE Having been shown the possibility that God exists, the atheist has
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BRANDON SANDERSON Can a woman not walk with her possessions down the street of a city? BRANDON SANDERSON The only time you seem honest is when you’re insulting someone!” “The only honest things ... BRANDON SANDERSON But it was important to be rational at all times, not just when calm. BRANDON SANDERSON Unknowing ignorance is preferable to informed stupidity. BRANDON SANDERSON When did you get so peppy?” she shouted. “Ever since I assumed I was dead, then I suddenly ... BRANDON SANDERSON I ain't grouchy,” Teft snapped. “I just have a low threshold for stupidity. BRANDON SANDERSON But you know what I think? I think you're looking for excuses to not let go. This thing, it's who yo... BRANDON SANDERSON But you know what I think? I think you're looking for excuses to not let go. This ting, it's who you... BRANDON SANDERSON Don’t tell anyone I said it?" I smiled. "I'll be quiet as a buttered snail sneaking through a... BRANDON SANDERSON To live was to be a fragment of the cosmere that was experiencing itself. BRANDON SANDERSON Are you that afraid of being wrong? One would assume you’d be accustomed to it by now.” He ... BRANDON SANDERSON What kind of woman is still able to trust people after everything she's been through? If she'd been ... BRANDON SANDERSON That's kind of what trust is, isn't it? A willful self-delusion. BRANDON SANDERSON I once saw a spindly man carrying a stone larger than his head upon his back. He stumbled beneath th... BRANDON SANDERSON This world, it is a tempest sometimes. But remember, the sun always rises again. BRANDON SANDERSON Strength does not make one capable of rule; it makes one capable of service. BRANDON SANDERSON Somebody has to start. Somebody has to step forward and do what is right, because it is right. BRANDON SANDERSON And so, does the destination matter? Or is it the path we take? I declare that no accomplishment has... BRANDON SANDERSON Can you feel it? Something just changed. I believe that’s the sound the world makes when it pisses... BRANDON SANDERSON Of all the recruits in his cohort, he had learned the quickest. How to hold the spear, how to stand ... BRANDON SANDERSON An excuse is what you make after the deed is done, while a justification is what you offer before. BRANDON SANDERSON I want you to go back into the barrack and tell the men to come out after the storm. Tell them to lo... BRANDON SANDERSON In the end, I must proclaim that no good can be achieved of false means. For the substance of our ex... BRANDON SANDERSON If I should die,” Dalinar said, “then I would do so having lived my life right. It is not the de... BRANDON SANDERSON Overcome your guilt. Care, but not too much. Take responsibility, but don't blame yourself. Protect,... BRANDON SANDERSON There are two kinds of people in this world, son. Those who save lives, and those who take lives." BRANDON SANDERSON Brightness...I believe you stray into sarcasm." "Funny.I thought I'd run straight into it... BRANDON SANDERSON ...Do you stop loving someone just because they betray you? I don't think so. That's what makes the ... BRANDON SANDERSON I told him that you were simply showing me the ways of court. Kind of like an…older brother.” BRANDON SANDERSON We got there without being spotted. I pulled her in, then shut the door, pressing my back to it and ... BRANDON SANDERSON The right belief is like a good cloak, I think. If it fits you well, it keeps you warm and safe. The... BRANDON SANDERSON Sometimes Vin imagined she was like the ash, or the wind, or the mist itself. A thing without though... BRANDON SANDERSON Fantasy has had some problems with being too repetitive, in my opinion. I try to read what other peo... BRANDON SANDERSON I died down at that chasm. Now you’ve got my vengeful spirit to deal with. BRANDON SANDERSON We're not moments, Megan, you and me. We're events. You say you might not be the same person you wer... BRANDON SANDERSON She slumped toward the ground, but I grabbed her and heaved her onto my shoulder, then ran down the ... BRANDON SANDERSON In fact, the entire nature of this State seemed to highlight that political power was just an illusi... BRANDON SANDERSON Back in my State, I'm very close to being able to control the weather. I'll be all-powerful, once I'... BRANDON SANDERSON I’m good at doing things I’m not supposed to,” she said, then kicked the door open. BRANDON SANDERSON XinWey’s Doctrine states that the most essential morality of mankind is to create the greatest ... BRANDON SANDERSON Well, best to remain vigilant. It’s when everything is calm that you need to be most alert. BRANDON SANDERSON On the three-hundredth anniversary of my birth, I finally managed to conquer the world. BRANDON SANDERSON Actually, [Wax] said, we came here because we needed someplace safe to think for a few hours." ... BRANDON SANDERSON