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“Every source of blessing is a point of attack.”

Quote by David McGee

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David McGee, born on December 11, 1947, is an accomplished author known for his diverse writing and engaging narrative style. more

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Book:Selected Works of Virginia Woolf

Source: Selected Works of Virginia Woolf

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Book:Delphi Complete Works of Virginia Woolf (Illustrated)

Source: Delphi Complete Works of Virginia Woolf (Illustrated)

“Forget Not: 1)to be patient with yourself. 2) the difference between good and foolish sacrifices. 3) to be happy NOW. 4) the 'why' of the gospel. 5) the Lord loves you.”

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Author:Dieter F. Uchtdorf

“There is something inspiring and sublime about the little forget-me-not flower. I hope it will be a symbol of the little things that make your lives joyful and sweet.”

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Author:Dieter F. Uchtdorf

“I mind how once we lay such a transparent summer morning, How you settled your head athwart my hips and gently turn'd over upon me, And parted the shirt from my bosom-bone, and plunged your tongue to my bare-stript heart, And reach'd till you felt my beard, and reach'd till you held my feet.”

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Book:Leaves of Grass: A Textual Variorum of the Printed Poems, 1855-1856

Source: Leaves of Grass: A Textual Variorum of the Printed Poems, 1855-1856

“the hope that there she would manage to regain her happiness made her fearless”

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Author:Mikhail Bulgakov

“For a moment he could have sworn he smelled violets, which was very peculiar, since he had no idea what violets smelled like, except somehow he knew they smelled just like Lady Emma.”

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“Dying for dark — and the darker the Worse. Strange.”

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“War always reaches the depths of horror because of idiots who perpetuate terror from generation to generation under the pretext of vengeance.”

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Book:The Forgotten Soldier

Source: The Forgotten Soldier

“When you plant a fertile meme in my mind you literally parasitize my brain, turning it into a vehicle for the meme's propagation in just the way that a virus may parasitize the genetic mechanism of a host cell.”

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Book:The Selfish Gene: 40th Anniversary edition

Source: The Selfish Gene: 40th Anniversary edition