For those of us who take literature very seriously, picking up a work of fiction is the start of an adventure comparable in anticipatory excitement to what I imagine is felt by an athlete warming up for a competition, a mountain climber preparing for the ascent: it is the beginning of a process whose outcome is unknown, one that promises the thrill and elation of success but may as easily end in bitter disappointment. Committed readers realize at a certain point that literature is where we have learned a good part of the little we know about living.
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Nothing in the world like a sore st... STHEPHEN CHBOSKY no more pencils, no more books, no more teachers' dirty looks, when the teacher rings the bell, drop... STEPHEN CHBOSKY I don't know the significance of this, but I find it very interesting. STEPHEN CHBOSKY Maybe it’s sad that these are now memories. And maybe it’s not sad. STEPHEN CHBOSKY She was scarcely a year older than I was, dark-haired, slender, with a face that would break your he... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Mother Superior jump the gun... -The Beatles, Happiness is a Warm Gun LAUREN MYRACLE It is a lie. ARTHUR MILLER Today, young girls measure the quality of their beauty based upon its entertainment value. The more ... C. JOYBELL C. Oh happy day! A day to make a hay! And when it is mid-day, think about the day! And when you think a... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH The fear of God is the only cure for the fear of people. CRAIG GROESCHEL The answer isn't more time but a greater awareness of the time we have. 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Therefore, everyone sees the world in d... MUDITHA CHAMPIKA Nicolas Cage is the best for taking the role of character Joker. He is pretty damn good at jokes! DEYTH BANGER History is a wheel, for the nature of man is fundamentally unchanging. What has happened before will... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Wake up to a brand new day and realize why you woke up to meet the day! Live to the end of another d... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH The secret of my success is my hairspray. RICHARD GERE Never give up on you. In order to make a difference you would have to somehow be different. JOHNNIE DENT JR. If you have read this far in the chronicle of the Baudelaire orphans - and I certainly hope you have... LEMONY SNICKET Each man lives in his own universe and when he dies the world is over BANGAMBIKI HABYARIMANA I'm not saying that I'm better than anyone... I'm just saying that I'm one-of-a-kind. C LIONG Life is a re-discovery. BRIAN BLESSED If you think that life is a celebration full of party poppers and merry go rounds it's not it's a ga... GARY F EVANS... Life Is a Misconception. DEYTH BANGER Life is a desire! DEYTH BANGER To trust someone you must firstly remember that it is a two way street that will go all the way if y... GARY F EVANS... We die a day at a time BANGAMBIKI HABYARIMANA I was suddenly very aware of the fact it was me standing up in that tunnel with the wind over my fac... STEPHEN CHBOSKY The only perspective is to really be there. STEPHEN CHBOSKY I didn't feel like reading that night, so I went downstairs and watched a half-hour long commercial ... STEPHEN CHBOSKY Why is England manufacturing bigger and better airplanes and bombs and at the same time churning out... ANNE FRANK He wept because he was afraid now that he could not save Gabriel. He no longer cared about himself LOIS LOWRY 35. God is entitled to a portion of our income—not because He needs it but because we need to give... 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LAURYN HILL Life is a process. We are a process. The universe is a process. ANNE WILSON SCHAEF All concepts of making a point is another failure of communication. DEYTH BANGER This is the Modern Man, who cannot save himself but wants to save the world. He is the Wise who... CRISTIANE SERRUYA The shame and the downfall of a modern materialistic society is her inability to treasure, care for,... C. JOYBELL C. For me, my life is a journey. JAY ELECTRONICA This garden is your life. Of course, there are the occasional weeds—but more than anything, this g... SETH ADAM SMITH The books brought brilliance to my life, and they brought an understanding: Life is a story. Everyth... RENE DENFELD Though we are terrorized by death, it's not different from birth, it just happens BANGAMBIKI HABYARIMANA Although it's great to appear to a feast, home is always sweet, though it may be lonely and cold lik... 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ARTHUR GOLDEN كنت أصمت أذعن لمصيري. أحمل دميتي,أنزع ملابسها, أشد شعره�... مليكة مستظرف The norm which the society at large has set today categorically is in the form of preventive measure... HENRIETTA NEWTON MARTIN LEGAL CONSULTANT Love isn't the work of the tender and the gentle; Love is the work of wrestlers. The one w... JALALUDDIN MEVLANA RUMI Life is a risk. CARMELO ANTHONY Love is blind, and a deaf-mute too. PATRICK ROTHFUSS Life is a mountain of solvable problems, and I enjoy that. JAMES DYSON People always start with vigor, deep aspirations and inspirations, but things that happen as we jour... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH
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