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“Salvation is a family affair.”

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Bruce R. McConkie was an American author recognized for his contributions to Mormon theology. Born on July 29, 1915, and deceased on April 19, 1985, McConkie's impact on the LDS Church was substantial. more

“The modern picture of the artist began to form: The poor, but free spirit, plebeian but aspiring only to be classless, to cut himself forever free from the bonds of the greedy bourgeoisie, to be whatever the fat burghers feared most, to cross the line wherever they drew it, to look at the world in a way they couldn't see, to be high, live low, stay young forever -- in short, to be the bohemian.”

World Way Looks Form Young Spirit Artist Lines Poor Forever Cutting Modern Lows Crosses Fats Greedy Free Spirit Bourgeoisie Bohemian Bohemia Plebeians

Author:Thomas Wolfe

“You can't quantify love, and if you try, you can end up focusing on misleading factors. Stuff that really has more to do with personality-the fact that some people are simply more expressive or emotional or needy in a relationship. But beyond such smokescreens, the answer is there. Love is seldom-almost never-an even proposition.”

People Ifs Trying Ends Facts Stuff Answers Love Is Emotional Personality Factors Propositions Mislead Needy Expressive

Book:Baby Proof

Source: Baby Proof

“I miss him in so many ways, but right now I miss him in the way you always miss someone when you're single among a room full of couples.”

Way Rooms Missing Couple Right Now Missing Someone I Miss You

Book:Baby Proof: A Novel

Source: Baby Proof: A Novel

“Anything new, anything worth doing, can't be recognized.”

Antisocial Anything Worth Doing

Author:Pablo Picasso

“I was inspired by the marvelous example of Giacometti, the great sculptor. He always said that his dream was to do a bust so small that it could enter a matchbook, but so heavy that no one could lift it. That's what a good book should be.”

Should Said Book Dream Example Inspired Heavy Lifts Marvelous Good Book Sculptors

Author:Elie Wiesel

“Did she ever regret her choices? Were her decisions more clear-cut than mine - or are there always shades of gray whe it comes to matters of the heart?”

Heart Matter Choices Decision Clear Cutting Mines Regret Gray Shade Matters Of The Heart Shades Of Gray

Book:Love the One You're With

Source: Love the One You're With

“There is no way to be truly great in this world. We are impaled on the crook of conditioning. A fish that is in the water has no choice that he is. Genius would have it that we swim in sand. We are fish and we drown.”

World Way Choices Water This World Genius Fishes Sand Swim Conditioning Crooks

Author:James Dean

“The whole world was nothing but an exile with no hope of a return.”

World Whole Return Whole World Exile No Hope

Author:Simone de Beauvoir

“There is someone I must say goodbye to. Oh, not you - we are sure to see each other again - but the Lily Bart you knew. I have kept her with me all this time, but now we are going to part, and I have brought her back to you - I am going to leave her here. When I go out presently she will not go with me. I shall like to think that she has stayed with you.”

Thinking Goodbye Saying Goodbye Lilies

Book:Delphi Complete Works of Edith Wharton (Illustrated)

Source: Delphi Complete Works of Edith Wharton (Illustrated)

“Through this atmosphere of torrid splendor moved wan beings as richly upholstered as the furniture, beings without definite pursuits or permanent relations, who drifted on a languid tide of curiosity... Somewhere behind them, in the background of their lives there was doubtless a real past, yet they had no more real existence than the poet's shades in limbo.”

Real Past Behinds Existence Poet Relation Moved Curiosity Pursuit Backgrounds Atmosphere Permanent Shade Tides Definite Furniture Splendor Limbo

Author:Edith Wharton

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