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Quote by Osip Mandelstam

“Perhaps my whisper was already born before my lips.”

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Russian poet born on January 15, 1891, and died on December 27, 1938. Mandelstam is known for his unique poetic style and exquisite use of language, and is considered an important figure in 20th-century Russian literature. more

“Yeah, okay. You're right. I was having dinner with Zombie Carl the other night. You know, steak, rare, and a bottle of vintage type A. He told me all his secrets, but too bad for you I promised him I wouldn't tell. In exchange I asked him to gather his best undead buddies and stalk me through my friend's yard. And oh, yeah, it was totally fine if they wanted to use me as an all-night-dinner buffet, because having organs is SO last year.”

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Author:Gena Showalter

“One day the absurdity of the almost universal human belief in the slavery of other animals will be palpable. We shall then have discovered our souls and become worthier of sharing this planet with them.”

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Author:Martin Luther King, Jr.

“Let the waters settle and you will see the moon and the stars mirrored in your own being.”

Stars Water Moon Settling

Author:Rumi

“Maybe Cubism started this way. Memory re-arranging a face.”

Way Faces Memories Arranging Cubism

Book:The Memory Room: A Novel

Source: The Memory Room: A Novel

“They never predict anything fun," Granuaile answered. "Just once I'd like to hear a prophet tell someone, 'Thou shalt win a bitchin' Camaro on a game show.”

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Book:Trapped: The Iron Druid Chronicles, Book Five

Source: Trapped: The Iron Druid Chronicles, Book Five

“Novels without female characters were a lifeless desert.”

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Author:Ian Mcewan

“Four or five years - nothing at all. But no one over thirty could understand this peculiarly weighted and condensed time, from late teens to early twenties, a stretch of life that needed a name, from school leaver to salaried professional, with a university and affairs and death and choices in between. I had forgotten how recent my childhood was, how long and inescapable it once seemed. How grown up and how unchanged I was.”

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Author:Ian Mcewan

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