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Quote by Matsuo Basho

“If I had the knack I'd sing like Cherry flakes falling”

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Matsuo Basho was a renowned Japanese poet from the Edo period, hailed as the god of haiku. His poetry is characterized by its simplicity, conciseness, and profound meaning, exerting a profound influence on later generations. more

“Only Ron's dog was watching William. He considered that it had, for a dog, a very offensive and knowing look. A couple of months ago someaone had tried to hand William the old story about there being a dog in the city that could talk. (...) The dog in front of William didn't look as if it could talk, but it DID look as if it would swear.”

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Author:Terry Pratchett

“Saddam Hussein is a homicidal dictator who is addicted to weapons of mass destruction.”

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Author:George W. Bush

“I know the bottom, she says. I know it with my great tap root: It is what you fear. I do not fear it: I have been there.”

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Book:Ariel

Source: Ariel

“There’s no sight on earth more appealing than that of a woman making dinner for someone she loves.”

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Author:Thomas Wolfe

“What is so real as the cry of a child? A rabbit's cry may be wilder But it has no soul.”

May Children Real Soul Cry Rabbits Wilder

Book:Ariel

Source: Ariel

“He had been alone in the world and empty for so long. But she filled him full, and so he believed everything that had been taken out of him might have been for a purpose. To clear space for something better.”

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Book:Cold Mountain

Source: Cold Mountain

“The thing you fail to grasp is that people are not basically good. We are basically selfish. We shove and clamour and cry for adoration, and beat down everyone else to get it. Life is a competition of prattling peacocks enraptured in inane mating rituals. But for all our effacing and self-importance, we are all slaves to what we fear most. You have so very much to learn. Here. Let me teach you.”

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Author:Christopher Nolan

“In the end, all men die. How you lived will be far more important to the Almighty than what you accomplished.”

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Book:The Way of Kings

Source: The Way of Kings

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