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Quote by James Lee Burke

“There's nothing like rejection to make you do an inventory of yourself.”

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James Lee Burke is an American author born on December 5, 1936. Known for his unique detective and crime novels, Burke's works are renowned for their deep Southern setting and complex character development. more

“We seldom know what we're hearing when we hear something for the first time, but one thing is certain: we hear it as we will never hear it again. We return to the moment to experience it, I suppose, but we can never really find it, only its memory, the faintest imprint of what really was, what it meant.”

Knows Firsts Moments Certain Memories One Thing Return First Time Hearing

Author:Colum McCann

“Only ignorance! only ignorance! how can you talk about only ignorance? Don't you know that it is the worst thing in the world, next to wickedness? -- and which does the most mischief heaven only knows. If people can say, `Oh! I did not know, I did not mean any harm,' they think it is all right.”

People Ifs Thinking Knows World Mean Doe Motivational Next Heaven Worst Ignorance Harm Worst Things Wickedness Mischief

Book:Black Beauty: The Autobiography of a Horse

Source: Black Beauty: The Autobiography of a Horse

“It is, in the imagination of combat's fans, the divinely listless loveplay that follows the orgasm of victory. It is called 'mopping up.”

Imagination Fans Victory Combat Mopping Mopping Up

Book:SLAUGHTERHOUSE FIVE

Source: SLAUGHTERHOUSE FIVE

“The war was about vanity, he said. It was about old men who couldn't look in the mirror anymore and so they sent the young out to die. Was was a get-together of the vain. They wanted it simple--hate your enemy, know nothing of him.”

Knows Men Looks Said War Wanted Together Young Hate Dies Simple Enemy Mirrors Vanity Vain Old Man Get Together

Book:Let The Great World Spin

Source: Let The Great World Spin

“Fire and ice, somehow existing together without destroying each other. More proof that I belonged with him.”

Together Fire Proof Ice Destroying Twilight Fire And Ice Breaking Dawn Bella Cullen

Author:Stephenie Meyer

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