It may be that we shall by a process of sublime irony have reached a stage in this story where safety will be the sturdy child of terror, and survival the twin brother of annihilation.
Winston Churchill
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I think on my next birthday, I'm going t... STEPHEN CHBOSKY We Are All Infinite STEPHEN CHBOSKY (All the grief she had suffered over her lifetime had moulded her face into a mask of eternal sadnes... JEAN SASSON You can't just sit there and put everyone's lives ahead of yours and think that counts as love. You ... STEPHEN CHBOSKY I saw other people there. Old men sitting alone. Young girls with blue eye shadow and awkward jaws. ... STEPHEN CHBOSKY That one moment when you know you are not a sad story. You are ALIVE. STEPHAN CHBOSKY Somos quienes somos por un montón de razones.Quizás nunca conozcamos la mayoría de ellas.Pero aun... STEPHEN CHBOSKY Ambos dijeron que tomara asiento y parecían hablar en serio, así que me senté. STEPHEN CHBOSKY I know these will all be stories some day, and our pictures will become old photographs. We all beco... STEPHEN CHBOSKY So I guess we are who we are for a lot of reasons. And maybewe'll never know most of them. STEPHEN CHBOSKY So I guess we are who we are for a lot of reasons. And maybe we'll never know most of them. STEPHEN CHBOSKY There's nothing like the deep breathes after laughing that hard. 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 Survivors aren't always the strongest; sometimes they're the smartest, but more often simply the luc... CARRIE RYAN A man drank and became drunk, next he said, now i am delivered from my enemies and then walked into ... SOTONYE ANGA The weak die out and the strong will survive, and will live on forever ANNE FRANK Only the strong will remain, all the weak will be consumed by fire BANGAMBIKI HABYARIMANA لم يكن بمقدوري سوى الهروب إلى عالمي الخاص: إلى الحلم. أت... مليكة مستظرف Reach out and help others. If you have the power to make someone happy, do it. Be a vessel, be the c... GERMANY KENT Winston Churchill would be great to have around the table. IAN BOTHAM What is the Other?" they ask. The Other is the one who taught me whatI should be like, but not ... PAULO COELHO We die a day at a time BANGAMBIKI HABYARIMANA Each man lives in his own universe and when he dies the world is over BANGAMBIKI HABYARIMANA There was no such thing as a fair fight. All vulnerabilities must be exploited. CARY CAFFREY I was very grateful to have heard it again. Because I guess we all forget sometimes. And I think eve... STEPHEN CHBOSKY I guess we are who we are for a lot of reasons. And maybe we'll never know most of them. But even if... STEPHEN CHBOSKY Be kind. We never know what people are going through. Give grace and mercy because one day your circ... GERMANY KENT Sharing stories that fill our chambers with an explosion of unique voices is a means to instigate an... KILROY J. OLDSTER I am often asked how it is that I am able to value people to such a deep degree. Apparently, I exhib... C. JOYBELL C. He was a killer, a thing that preyed, living on the things that lived, unaided, alone, by virtue of ... JACK LONDON Survival of the fittest" in the commonly used animal sense is not a theory or principle for a "time-... ALFRED KORZYBSKI I don't know if I have a favorite color. KATE MIDDLETON It's very special having a new little girl. KATE MIDDLETON Like a deep sad note played beneath the ocean waving through the orb the memories of ... PAWAN MISHRA You're still lovely," Mor said a bit gently. Elain offered a half smile. "I suppose that war m... SARAH J. MAAS When the remembering was done, the forgetting could begin. SARA ZARR Empathy is the new measurement of everything. It doesn't matter what religion you have, what God you... C. JOYBELL C. We may be able to predict when it shall rain but the exact second when the first rain drop shall hit... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH For starters, that’s a rather simple principle of Time Travel right there – and according to the... CHRISTINA ENGELA An irony of whole life story is that a person who says or does honestly good for others is not so mu... ANUJ SOMANY Though we are terrorized by death, it's not different from birth, it just happens BANGAMBIKI HABYARIMANA The great leaders of the second world war alliance, Franklin Roosevelt and Winston Churchill, unders... JEFFREY SACHS 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 You deserve to be with somebody, who knows you're the one, from that very first moment he lays eyes ... C. JOYBELL C. Winston Churchill aroused this nation in heroic fashion to save civilisation in World War Two. We ha... AL GORE Be bold - there's enough Neville Chamberlains in the world; be a Winston Churchill, for crying o... MATT BEVIN We have not yet reached the goal but... we shall soon, with the help of God, be in sight of the day ... HERBERT HOOVER We have not yet reached the goal but.. we shall soon, with the help of God, be in sight of the day w... HERBERT HOOVER We have not yet reached the goal but.. we shall soon, with the help of God, be in sight of the day w... HERBERT CLARK HOOVER We're always taught that God wants us to always only say "I can't do this without You God" , "Whatev... C. JOYBELL C. The struggle is part of your story but Everything will be in place in the right situation at a perfe... NAPZ CHERUB PELLAZO Kindness is universal. Sometimes being kind allows others to see the goodness in humanity through yo... GERMANY KENT The issue isn't whether he loved you, it's how much. Too much. Love can be poison SARAH J. MAAS I am broken and healing, but every piece of my heart belong to you. SARAH J. MAAS He thinks he'll be remembered as the villain in the story. But I forgot to tell him that the villain... SARAH J. MAAS Night gathers, and now my watch begins. It shall not end until my death. I shall take no wife, hold ... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Hodor," said Hodor. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN You do what you love, what you need SARAH J. MAAS I turned. Rhysand leaned against the archway into the sitting room, arms crossed, wings nowhere... SARAH J. MAAS I love English. I learned it from the speeches of Winston Churchill. MAURICE DRUON The more we get out of the world the less we leave, and in the long run we shall have to pay our deb... NORBERT WIENER The more we get out of the world the less we leave, and in the long run we shall have to pay our deb... NORBERT WIENER The mark of a real man, is a man who can allow himself to fall deeply in love with a woman. But the ... C. JOYBELL C. Absoballylutely top hole, wot. A and B the C of D I'd say. . . Above and Beyond the Call of Duty. BRIAN JACQUES But if this is the tip of the iceberg, in other words, if there are more moments in debates or other... HOWARD KURTZ The goblins of the city may hold committees to divide a single potato, but the strong and the cruel ... CATHERYNNE M. VALENTE We are all in the middle of nature beauty contest. TOBA BETA The streets will teach you about racism and capitalism and survival of the fittest. Don't worry abou... SNOOP DOGG We all want to become more than we are, we want to live forever, that is why we hate death and creat... BANGAMBIKI HABYARIMANA We should not blame people by the mistakes of others. DANIEL MELGAçO The shame and the downfall of a modern materialistic society is her inability to treasure, care for,... C. JOYBELL C. Dreams, just dreams, it's all illusion BANGAMBIKI HABYARIMANA The question that remains unanswered and keeps coming to the fore is ‘Are the punishment schemes f... HENRIETTA NEWTON MARTIN LEGAL CONSULTANT Avoid the temptation to force a moment so you won’t miss the one with your name on it. GINA GREENLEE The two men had a conversation. Brief, cryptic, to the point. As though they had exchanged numbers a... ARUNDHATI ROY Although it's great to appear to a feast, home is always sweet, though it may be lonely and cold lik... BANGAMBIKI HABYARIMANA When you have lived in a house where constant terror resides, then will you realize the extent of da... MYLYN YAMPAN Never give up on you. In order to make a difference you would have to somehow be different. JOHNNIE DENT JR. the room of the spirit is the mind and the seat of the spirit is the heart. What we give room to muc... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH He wept because he was afraid now that he could not save Gabriel. He no longer cared about himself LOIS LOWRY I live nearby a graveyard, that's where I get all my inspiration for wisdom and life BANGAMBIKI HABYARIMANA you have to be the prude or the slut, and if you pick one, other people hate you for it, and you can... NED VIZZINI Even though he was inside the house, I could still hear Vlad’s sardonic mutter of “Where’s a t... JEANIENE FROST Voter apathy is a civic abdication. CHARLES M. BLOW In a world full of cruelty and hatred, be loving and kind so that you may transform the perception o... DEBASISH MRIDHA Who are we if not the stories we pass down? What happens when there's no one left to tell those stor... 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