I am a student of life, and don't want to miss any experience. There's poetry in this sort of thing, you know--or perhaps you don't know, but it's all the same.
H.P. Lovecraft
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WILLIAM STAFFORD If you dont know learn how to be scared, you'll never really learn how to be brave. SIMON HOLT Dont let the urge to win everyday, blindfold you to ultimately lose in life FAISAL KHOSA I think that when the lies are all told and forgot the truth will be there yet. It dont move about f... CORMAC MCCARTHY I am society's child, this is how they made me, and now I'm saying what's on my mind and they dont w... TUPAC SHAKUR when im mad i usually punch a wall but that doesnt work so when your mad you dont need to punch a wa... DALLY SALAD All flowers in time bend towards the sun, I know you say theres no one for you, But here is one JEFF BUCKLEY People think that they are untouchable, but you will probably find that there lives are built around... GARY F EVANS... What you have to decide... is how you want your life to be. If your forever was ending tomorrow, wou... SARAH DESSEN When life gives you lemons, say Fuck that i order apples. Dont take anything but apples. CHRIS MACHADO I breathe you, dream, feel, taste your existance.But you leave me cold at night.Drowning in my own w... TANICA S HALL I dont want the kind of love thats in movies, I want my own kind, LYNDSEY ANN-MARIE SHEPARD Perhaps we cannot prevent this world from being a world in which children are tortured. But we can r... ALBERT CAMUS If it doesnt help, I damned sure dont know what will. JACK MOORE if ever you fail in a job or attempt then dont get dejected, because god knew that you were made to ... RAHUL.V.BHOLE Dont EVER EVER EVER let ANYONE tell you to delete pictures you've taken with your camera. Profession... RODEL NATIVIDAD CASIO When it comes to what you really want in life. Dont take no for an answer. Take no for a question an... BERNARD KELVIN CLIVE Throughout it all I have to say you have given me a hard time, you animal, but there are days, like ... MARLENE M. CHAVEZ When you don't know where you're going, maybe it wasn't such a bad thing to have more than you need. 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In a day,when you dont come across any problems,then you can be sure that you are travelling in the ... JOHN F. KENNEDY I dont need a luxury life, I wanna happy and healthy life RODZIDAH (ELIZABETH) You're beautiful It's true I saw your face In a crowded place and I dont know what ... JAMES BLUNT EVERYONE IS A KING OR QUEEN, YOU DONT NEED A CROWN TO SHOW IT. GENEREUX PHILIP i know im not the girl you wanted. not the one you want to hear from. but what you see is what you g... SIMI GREWAL I have no enemies. I dont permit such a thing. CORMAC MCCARTHY I think everybody can identify, you know, with this sort of struggle to decide for yourself who you ... BARRY JENKINS Dont judge me, for i am too complex that you would assume insanity, but in reality i am all what you... AMIR RIVEROLL Life is a one time opportunity, DONT waste it.
Because once its gone its not coming back. SONYA.E.WILLIAMS You know they say confession is good for the soul, right? "I think that applies unless yo... AMY ANDREWS Nowadays, I dont have expectations, and this way she beats them all. JODI PICOULT With so many people in the world i am confident in saying, if you connect with someone on a soul lev... NIKKI ROWE
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P LOVECRAFT It is uncommon to fire all six shots of a revolver with great suddenness when one would probably be ... H. P LOVECRAFT Fear is the oldest and strongest emotion of mankind. H. P LOVECRAFT We live on a placid island of ignorance in the midst of black seas of infinity, and it was not meant... H. P LOVECRAFT I have no illusions concerning the precarious status of my tales and do not expect to become a serio... H. P. LOVECRAFT All of my tales are based on the fundamental premise that common human laws and emotions have no val... H. P. LOVECRAFT The reason why time plays a great part in so many of my tales is that this element looms up in my mi... H. P. LOVECRAFT Orthodox Christianity, by playing upon the emotions of man, is able to accomplish wonders toward kee... H. P. LOVECRAFT What a man does for pay is of little significance. What he is, as a sensitive instrument responsive ... H. P. LOVECRAFT Certain of Poe's tales possess an almost absolute perfection of artistic form which makes them v... H. P. LOVECRAFT The man or nation of high culture may acknowledge to great lengths the restraints imposed by convent... H. P. LOVECRAFT Children, old crones, peasants, and dogs ramble; cats and philosophers stick to their point. H. P. LOVECRAFT The sole ultimate factor in human decisions is physical force. This we must learn, however repugnant... H. P. LOVECRAFT Even when the characters are supposed to be accustomed to the wonder, I try to weave an air of awe a... H. P. LOVECRAFT I am essentially a recluse who will have very little to do with people wherever he may be. I think t... H. P. LOVECRAFT Horror and the unknown or the strange are always closely connected so that it is hard to create a co... H. P. LOVECRAFT Indeed, there is much in pure humanitarian culture, as opposed to rigid scientific training, which e... H. P. LOVECRAFT Truth is of no practical value to mankind save as it affects terrestrial phenomena, hence the discov... H. P. LOVECRAFT I couldn't live a week without a private library - indeed, I'd part with all my furniture an... H. P. LOVECRAFT The 'punch' of a truly weird tale is simply some violation or transcending of fixed cosmic l... H. P. LOVECRAFT But are not the dreams of poets and the tales of travellers notoriously false? H. P. LOVECRAFT I do not think that any realism is beautiful. H. P. LOVECRAFT