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Quote by George Bernard Shaw

“I choose not to make a graveyard of my body for the rotting corpses of dead animals.”

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George Bernard Shaw (July 26, 1856 - November 2, 1950) was an Irish-British playwright, critic, and socialist. He is renowned for his satirical and witty dramatic works. more

“Books can be possessive, can't they? You're walking around in a bookstore and a certain one will jump out at you, like it had moved there on its own, just to get your attention. Sometimes what's inside will change your life, but sometimes you don't even have to read it. Sometimes it's a comfort just to have a book around. Many of these books haven't even had their spines cracked. 'Why do you buy books you don't even read?' our daughter asks us. That's like asking someone who lives alone why they bought a cat. For company, of course.”

Book Sometimes Certain Courses Asks Attention Company Havens Walking Comfort Daughter Cat Asking Moved Changing Your Life Spine You Like It Cracked Bookstores Our Daughter Possessive

Book:The Sugar Queen

Source: The Sugar Queen

“According to most studies, people's number one fear is public speaking. Number two is death. Death is number two. Does that sound right? This means to the average person, if you go to a funeral, you're better off in the casket than doing the eulogy.”

“Women Are Not Roses Women have no beginning only continual flows. Though rivers flow women are not rivers. Women are not roses they are not oceans or stars. i would like to tell her this but i think she already knows.”

Thinking Knows Stars Ocean Flow Rivers Rose

Book:Women are Not Roses

Source: Women are Not Roses

“The president overstepped his authority when he asked the NSA to eavesdrop on Americans' international phone calls without obtaining a warrant.”

President Authority International Phones Phone Calls Nsa Warrants Obtaining

Author:Sherrod Brown

“The terrible thing about love is that it takes away your safety net, your balancing pole. Even the tightrope you walk upon will disappear beneath you, yet love expects you to keep walking anyway, arms outstretched, one foot after the other, on nothing more than air.”

Walks Love Is Air Feet Arms Terrible Walking Safety Disappear Terrible Things Safety Net

Book:The Love We Share Without Knowing

Source: The Love We Share Without Knowing

“I rose to my knees, mouth dry and heart pounding, and paused to finger a rip in my beautiful Dacron bowling shirt. I pushed my fingertip through the hole and wiggled it at myself. Hello, Dexter, where are you going? Hello, Mr. Finger. I don't know, but I'm almost there. I hear my friends calling.”

Knows Heart Beautiful Calling Mouths My Friends Rose Fingers Holes Knees Shirts Dry Hello Rip Fingertips Bowling Heart Pounding Almost There

Book:Darkly Dreaming Dexter

Source: Darkly Dreaming Dexter

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