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“There is many a monster who wears the form of a man; it is better of the two to have the heart of a man and the form of a monster.”

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Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont

Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont was a French novelist renowned for her contributions to children's literature. Her most famous work, 'The Sleeping Beauty', has had a profound impact on children's literature. more

“The evening light was like honey in the trees When you left me and walked to the end of the street Where the sunset abruptly ended. The wedding-cake drawbridge lowered itself To the fragile forget-me-not flower. You climbed aboard. Burnt horizons suddenly paved with golden stones, Dreams I had, including suicide, Puff out the hot-air balloon now. It is bursting, it is about to burst”

“Here's a freebie: Don't play poker with a kid who can read minds.”

Mind Play Kids

Author:James Patterson

“Meaning what? We're going to pretend nothing's going on? That's stupid. The only way to deal with any of this is to get it out in the open." Have you been watching Oprah again?”

Way Deals Stupid Maximum Ride

Author:James Patterson

“Is dere anysing special about you? Anysing vorth saving?" Besides my fashion sense? I play a mean harmonica.”

Mean Play Special Fashion Saving Maximum Ride Harmonicas

Author:James Patterson

“It is a terrible thing to want something you cannot have. It takes you over. I couldn't think straight because of it. There was no one else, I realized, whom I could possibly tell.”

Thinking Want Terrible I Realized Want Something Terrible Things

Book:The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox

Source: The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox

“Justice. To be ever ready to admit that another person is something quite different from what we read when he is there (or when we think about him). Or rather, to read in him that he is certainly something different, perhaps something completely different from what we read in him. Every being cries out silently to be read differently.”

Thinking Persons Different Justice Cry Ready

Book:Gravity and Grace

Source: Gravity and Grace

“Eighteen luscuios scrumpitous flavors, Chocolate,Lime and Cherry Coffee,Pumpkin, Fudge-Banana, Caramel Cream and boysenberry. Rocky Road and Toasted Almond, Butterscotch,Vanilla Dip, Butter Brinkle, Apple Ripple,Coconut,and Mocha Chip, Brandy Peach and Lemon Custard. Each scoop lovely.smooth and round. Tallest cream cone in town lying there on the ground.”

“You can boast about anything if it's all you have. Maybe the less you have, the more you are required to boast.”

Ifs Boast

Book:East of Eden

Source: East of Eden

“I think there must have been some other girl printed somewhere in his heart, for he was a man of love and his wife was not a woman to show her feelings.”

Thinking Men Heart Has Beens Shows Feelings Girl Wife Printed Other Girl

Book:Novels, 1942-1952

Source: Novels, 1942-1952

“The way to change others' minds is with affection, and not anger.”

Way Life Mind Spiritual Anger Affection Helping Others

Author:Dalai Lama

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