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“That’s love: Two lonely persons keep each other safe and touch each other and talk to each other.”

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German poet known for his profound poetry and epistolary works. Rainer Maria Rilke's poetry style is unique, often exploring themes such as loneliness, love, and religious faith. more

“Oh, they never lie. They dissemble, evade, prevaricate, confound, confuse, distract, obscure, subtly misrepresent and willfully misunderstand with what often appears to be a positively gleeful relish and are generally perfectly capable of contriving to give one an utterly unambiguous impression of their future course of action while in fact intending to do exactly the opposite, but they never lie. Perish the thought.”

Giving Facts Action Lying Courses Capable Opposites Impression Obscure Positively Relish Never Lie

Book:Look To Windward

Source: Look To Windward

“After doing extensive research, I can definitely tell you that single malt whiskies are good to drink.”

I Can Drink Research Whisky Malt

Author:Iain Banks

“M. Mabeuf’s political opinion was a passionate fondness for plants, and a still greater one for books. He had, like everybody else, his termination in ist, without which nobody could have lived in those times, but he was neither a royalist, nor a Bonapartist, nor a chartist, nor an Orleanist, nor an anarchist; he was an old-bookist.”

Stills Book Political Opinion Greater Plant Passionate Anarchist Fondness Termination Political Opinions

Book:Les Miserables Volume One

Source: Les Miserables Volume One

“Oprah Winfrey's global influence is unparalleled. Not only has her generosity and firm belief that education is the key to a better life benefited countless women and children around the world, but her example has also inspired millions of people to give back in ways big and small.”

People World Way Giving Children Bigs Belief Millions Influence Example Keys Inspired Around The World Generosity Firm Better Life Giving Back Firm Beliefs

Author:Eli Broad

“I hung up. It was a good start, but it didn’t go far enough. I ought to have locked the door and hidden under the desk.”

Enough Doors Ought Locked Hung Desks

Author:Raymond Chandler

“The building was on fire, and it wasn’t my fault.”

Fire Building Faults Dresden Harry Dresden Dresden Files

Book:Blood Rites: Book six of The Dresden Files

Source: Blood Rites: Book six of The Dresden Files

“Is the human condition not defined by an endless struggle to control the ego's subterfuges?”

Humans Struggle Conditions Ego Endless Defined Human Condition Subterfuge

Author:Roméo Dallaire

“I know there is a God because in Rwanda I shook hands with the devil. I have seen him, I have smelled him and I have touched him. I know the devil exists and therefore I know there is a God.”

Knows Hands Devil Touched Rwanda

Author:Roméo Dallaire

“But I'm going to try to tell the truth. Except for the parts I'm leaving out, because there's still stuff I'm just not going to tell you. Get used to it.”

Trying Stills Used Stuff Telling The Truth

Book:Dragonhaven

Source: Dragonhaven

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