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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 Smiling at death seems like a pretty bold act. And so I smile like a damned fool. EMM COLE We need to embrace every day and enjoy it as much as we can. KAREN TODD SCARPULLA O, the sheer magnificence of words that come together like waves upon a beach, each telling its own ... JOHN M SHEEHAN There comes a moment in the day when you have written your pages in the morning, attended to your co... H. G. [HERBERT GEORGE] WELLS There comes a moment in the day when you have written your pages in the morning, attended to your co... 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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 A man drank and became drunk, next he said, now i am delivered from my enemies and then walked into ... SOTONYE ANGA The earth is an arena of champions. We are all champions. We all did overcome millions of potential ... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH Power-worship blurs political judgment because it leads, almost unavoidably, to the belief that pres... GEORGE ORWELL We all want to become more than we are, we want to live forever, that is why we hate death and creat... BANGAMBIKI HABYARIMANA How should I know?" said Alice, surprised at her own courage. "It's no business of mine." The Q... LEWIS CARROLL Plunging in “truths” about God is like walking on the bottom of a sea that is not there, searchi... MARIANA FULGER Friendship is a double-edged sword one side it can be great and true but the other side it spells be... GARY F EVANS... The story goes as the line follow... alone... loony.... ... That's what's happening.... DEYTH BANGER Avoid the temptation to force a moment so you won’t miss the one with your name on it. GINA GREENLEE Without someone speaking into your life and keeping you on track with the things you believe, you ha... CRAIG GROESCHEL What is it about a beautiful sunny afternoon, with the birds singing and the wind rustling through t... JACK HANDY Mark My Words, My Words In Other Words Are Not Just Words. SYED SHARUKH You're not standing on your head! Have a cookie. - Grimspite in Jinx on the Divide ELIZABETH KAY I have a dream, I have a vision, I have a mission, I have to do something, I will do this at this ti... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH Happiness is about a moment. The moment. Its not a switch that gets thrown and nothing bad ever ... TRIPP MILLICAN Creativity is not just thinking outside the box but living outside it. VICTOR SHAMAS Mindfulness is observing the beauty of every moment unfolding before us. AMIT RAY Never give up on you. In order to make a difference you would have to somehow be different. JOHNNIE DENT JR. Empathy is the new measurement of everything. It doesn't matter what religion you have, what God you... C. JOYBELL C. Mindfulness is not entering into another planet. It is making you good at what you do. It is restori... AMIT RAY Food Allergies Are Not Due to Food, Rather Are Due to the Constant Contamination of That Food That Y... THEHEALTHFOODGURU To be or not to be that is the question. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE 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 A small change can make a big difference. You are the only one who can make our world a better place... ANKITA SINGHAL Well, you can't know it without something having been sneezed. A.A. MILNE We'll be Friends Forever, won't we, Pooh?' asked Piglet. Even longer,' Pooh answered.” ... A.A. MILNE Any belief worth embracing will stand up to the litmus test of scrutiny. If we have to qualify, rati... LAURIE BUCHANAN, PHD It's nice to have things to look forward to. STEPHEN CHBOSKY Later she remembered all the hours of the afternoon as happy -- one of those uneventful times that s... F. SCOTT FITZGERALD Each moment means a new possibility. Mindfulness is not resisting things to happen but allowing life... AMIT RAY We begin to fight. The wind and I. Horns locked. Battling each other with elements. LAURA DOCKRILL I believe that the most important thing for a couple of any sort, to realize in their relationship w... C. JOYBELL C. The unfortunate thing is that, sometimes, we slip, but, fortunately, consciously or unconsciously, w... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH Now is the only time we have, and the only time that we have any control over. RICHARD CARLSON Not everyone has the time to be normal. LJUPKA CVETANOVA Wake every morning with the same feeling. Live up high and fly on top of the ceiling. I just know th... ANA CLAUDIA ANTUNES As far back as history records people thinking, thinking people
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ELIZABETH REASER The most dangerous cancer cells are actually the ones that are more like stem cells, which have this... ELIZABETH BLACKBURN We and other groups are seeing clear statistical links between telomere shortness and risk for a var... ELIZABETH BLACKBURN The broken consumer credit market had to be repaired by making sure that consumers had the right inf... ELIZABETH WARREN Clearly, we are courting tragedy by turning a blind eye to marketing gimmicks plainly intended to tu... ELIZABETH ESTY I just want to keep writing characters who are interesting and complicated people and interesting ro... ELIZABETH MERIWETHER The continent did not appeal: France was filled with irritating people; Spain was corrupt and unstab... ELIZABETH GILBERT I noticed that no matter where I went in the country, there was this group of questions that got ask... ELIZABETH BERKLEY Girls' inner critics are starting to reveal themselves at a younger and younger age. And body im... ELIZABETH BERKLEY I'll not listen to reason. . . . Reason always means what someone else has got to say. ELIZABETH GASKELL The world is not run by thought, nor by imagination, but by opinion. ELIZABETH DREW The torment of human frustration, whatever its immediate cause, is the knowledge that the self is in... ELIZABETH DREW As a historian, I have learned that, in fact, not everyone who reaches back into history can survive... ELIZABETH KOSTOVA To be sure a stepmother to a girl is a different thing to a second wife to a man! ELIZABETH GASKELL I have children, and this notion - that there might be a single book that introduces children to lit... ELIZABETH MCCRACKEN Thus, you see, he arrived at the same end, via supposed duty, that he was previously pledged to via ... ELIZABETH GASKELL I'll not listen to reason... reason always means what someone else has got to say. ELIZABETH GASKELL Like all the best families, we have our share of eccentricities, of impetuous and wayward youngster... ELIZABETH II If we could simply live in the light of our bodies being temples of the Holy Spirit, our daily life ... ELIZABETH GEORGE Hardly anyone understands the principles behind magic,"scoffed Betony. "It's too difficult. ELIZABETH KAY perhaps,thought Felix,that's what magic is--physics with a different twist to it. my world just... ELIZABETH KAY You're not standing on your head! Have a cookie. - Grimspite in Jinx on the Divide ELIZABETH KAY Breast cancer is being detected at an earlier, more treatable stage these days, largely because wome... ELIZABETH HURLEY Minds ripen at very different ages. ELIZABETH MONTAGU My two big date deal breakers are someone with no sense of humor and someone who chews badly. I will... ELIZABETH GILLIES You find out who your real friends are when you're involved in a scandal. ELIZABETH TAYLOR If someone's dumb enough to offer me a million dollars to make a picture, I'm certainly not dumb eno... ELIZABETH TAYLOR I've been through it all, baby. I'm Mother Courage ELIZABETH TAYLOR There is nobody in this country who got rich on their own. Nobody. You built a factory out there - g... ELIZABETH WARREN The charm, one might say the genius, of memory is that it is choosy, chancy and temperamental; it re... ELIZABETH BOWEN Language is a mixture of statement and evocation. ELIZABETH BOWEN Some people are molded by their admirations, others by their hostilities. ELIZABETH BOWEN When you love someone all your saved-up wishes start coming out. ELIZABETH BOWEN The charm, one might say the genius of memory, is that it is choosy, chancy, and temperamental: it... ELIZABETH BOWEN Sometimes serendipity is just intention unmasked. ELIZABETH BERG Says Momma: “I got handed lemons, too, y’know but I learned how to make lemonade with them… No... ELIZABETH FLOCK