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“thoughts are cheap and they don't hurt anybody”

Book:Mistik Lake

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Mistik Lake

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Martha Brooks

Martha Brooks is an American writer born on July 15, 1944. Her works are known for their delicate emotions and profound insights, primarily focusing on children's literature. more

“The surveillance, he thought, essentially should be maintained. And, if possible, by me. I should always be watching, watching and figuring out, even if I never do anything about what I see; even if I just sit there and observe silently, not seen: that is important, that I as a watcher of all that happens should be at my place.”

Inspirational Thoughts

Book:A Scanner Darkly

Source: A Scanner Darkly

“There are tumults of the mind, when, like the great convulsions of Nature, all seems anarchy and returning chaos; yet often, in those moments of vast disturbance, as in the strife of Nature itself, some new principle of order, or some new impulse of conduct, develops itself, and controls, and regulates, and brings to an harmonious consequence, passions and elements which seem only to threaten despair and subversion.”

Inspirational Thoughts The Difference Engine

Author:William Gibson

“Beauty lies in the eyes of the beholder. Most of my beholders are blind.”

Love Thoughts Beaut

Book:Autopsy of the seasons

Source: Autopsy of the seasons

“Successful people don't have a limit whereas unsuccessful people often draw a line of limit”

Life Thoughts Successful Livingss

Book:Black, Grey and White

Source: Black, Grey and White

“While she lay there with these old worn thoughts coming obediently into her mind, called there by habit and the familiar quiet of early morning, she was aware that at the back of her mind there was another thought that was not at all stale, but so fresh that it was nearly a feeling, with all a feeling's delicious power to kill thought.”

Thoughts Recognition Introspective Thought Provoking Humourous

Book:Nightingale Wood

Source: Nightingale Wood

“Beware the man (or jinni) of action when he finally seeks to better himself with thought. A little thinking is a dangerous thing.”

Thinking Action Danger Thoughts

Book:Two Years Eight Months and Twenty-Eight Nights

Source: Two Years Eight Months and Twenty-Eight Nights

“The virtue in most request is conformity. Self-reliance is its aversion. It loves not realities and creators, but names and customs.”

Confidence Thoughts Intuition Self Reliance

Book:Self-Reliance: An Excerpt from Collected Essays, First Series

Source: Self-Reliance: An Excerpt from Collected Essays, First Series

“Choose thoughts that give you the emotions of being alive and excited about life.”

Life Giving Choices Thoughts Emotions Excitement Being Aliveness

Book:Simple Reminders: Inspiration for Living Your Best Life

Source: Simple Reminders: Inspiration for Living Your Best Life

“I take showers to think.”

Water Clear Thoughts Flow Calm Happy Clarity Relax Think Shower

Author:J.R. Rim

“It’s times like this…. when it’s over a year later and I’m still crying over you that I want to turn to you and say: See…. This is why I asked you never to kiss me.”

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