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“Ironic, isn't it, what religion does to people?" "I guess it's more ironic what people do to religion.”

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Susan Elizabeth Phillips is a renowned American author, born on December 11, 1948. Her works are known for their humor, warmth, and emotional depth, which have won her a large following among readers. more

“The bird with the thorn in its breast, it follows an immutable law; it is driven by it knows not what to impale itself, and die singing. At the very instant the thorn enters there is no awareness in it of the dying to come; it simply sings and sings until there is not the life left to utter another note. But we, when we put the thorns in our breasts, we know. We understand. And still we do it. Still we do it.”

Knows Stills Law Dies Left Dying Awareness Singing Bird Notes Driven Instant Breasts Thorns

Book:The Thorn Birds

Source: The Thorn Birds

“If others tell us something we make assumptions, and if they don't tell us something we make assumptions to fulfill our need to know and to replace the need to communicate. Even if we hear something and we don't understand we make assumptions about what it means and then believe the assumptions. We make all sorts of assumptions because we don't have the courage to ask questions.”

Ifs Knows Needs Believe Mean Asks Communicate Assumption Four Agreements

Author:Miguel Angel Ruiz

“Trash can!” Pritkin cursed and grabbed one, just about the time everything I’d eaten that night paid a repeat visit. Whiskey, pizza, milk shake, beer-and a lone, half-dissolved gummy bear, which was a surprise, since I couldn’t actually recall having eaten any. Fun times.”

Night Fun Half Bears Paid Surprise Beer Repeats Shakes Milk Recalls Trash Pizza Whiskey Cursed Lone Fun Times Trash Cans Gummies Gummy Bear

Book:Hunt the Moon: A Cassie Palmer Novel

Source: Hunt the Moon: A Cassie Palmer Novel

“Gossip is nature's telephone.”

Nature Gossip Telephones

Author:Sholom Aleichem

“At what point does a fly give up trying to escape through a closed window – do its survival instincts keep it going until it is physically capable of no more, or does it eventually learn after one crash too many that there is no way out? At what point do you decide that enough is enough?”

Way Giving Trying Doe Enough Giving Up Survival Capable Window Instinct Crash Survival Instinct Enough Is Enough

Author:Tabitha Suzuma

“And I know how he feels–it’s so good it hurts.”

Knows Feels Hurt Know How It Hurts

Book:Forbidden

Source: Forbidden

“I love you in–in every kind of way.’ ‘I feel like that too . . .’ His voice is shocked and raw. ‘It’s – it’s a feeling so big I sometimes think it’s going to swalow me. It’s so strong I feel it could kil me. It keeps growing and I can’t – I don’t know what to do to stop it. But – but we’re not supposed to do this – to love each other like this!”

Thinking Knows Way Feels Kind I Can Sometimes Feelings Bigs Strong Voice Growing Love You Shocked Love Each Other

Author:Tabitha Suzuma

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