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Quote by A. S. Byatt

“Things are not what they seem.”

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A. S. Byatt is a celebrated British novelist, recognized for her intricate narratives and literary style. Born on August 24, 1936, she has made substantial contributions to literature with her distinctive voice and storytelling. more

“The worst of it is that I am perpetually being punished for nothing; this governor loves to punish, and he punishes by taking my books away from me. It's perfectly awful to let the mind grind itself away between the upper and nether millstones of regret and remorse without respite; with books my life would be livable -- any life.”

Mind Book Would Be Worst Regret Awful Governors Remorse Grind Respite

Author:Oscar Wilde

“For he who lives more lives than one more deaths than one must die.”

Death Dies Dying Hypocrisy

Author:Oscar Wilde

“I wouldn't mind if the consumer culture went poof! overnight because then we'd all be in the same boat and life wouldn't be so bad, mucking about with the chickens and feudalism and the like. But you know what would be absolutely horrible. The worst? ... If, as we were all down on earth wearing rags and husbanding pigs inside abandoned Baskin-Robbins franchises, I were to look up in the sky and see a jet -- with just one person inside even -- I'd go berserk. I'd go crazy. Either everyone slides back into the Dark Ages or no one does.”

“It was pivotal in making you but you don't remember it. Or do you? Do we understand the events that make us who we are? Do we understand the factors that make us do the things we do?”

Remember Events Factors Who We Are Pivotal

Book:Shampoo Planet

Source: Shampoo Planet

“In periods of rapid personal change, we pass through life as though we are spellcast. We speak in sentences that end before finishing. We sleep heavily because we need to ask so many questions as we dream alone. We bump into others and feel bashful at recognizing souls so similar to ourselves.”

Needs Feels Soul Ends Dream Asks Speak Sleep Periods Sentences Recognizing Rapids Finishing Bumps Personal Change Bashful

Book:Shampoo Planet

Source: Shampoo Planet

“Thus Gotama [Buddha] walked toward the town to gather alms, and the two samanas recognized him solely by the perfection of his repose, by the calmness of his figure, in which there was no trace of seeking, desiring, imitating, or striving, only light and peace”

Two Light Figures Perfection Towns Strive Seeking Calmness Repose Imitating Alms

Author:Hermann Hesse

“In our creation, God asked a question and in our truly living; God answers the question.”

Wisdom Answers Creation Truly Living

Author:Thomas Merton

“It wasn't only wickedness and scheming that made people unhappy, it was confusion and misunderstanding; above all, it was the failure to grasp the simple truth that other people are as real as you.”

People Life Made Real Simple Unhappy Confusion Misunderstanding Wickedness Simple Truths

Author:Ian Mcewan

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