A Quotes
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“and although my personal life was in a shambles, my tweets about it were doing great”
Source: Really Good, Actually
“And although one broken heart doesn't make me an expert in the subject, I believe you need both things - time and an emotional replacement - to fully mend one.”
Source: Love the One You're With
“And although our bodies are bounded with skin, and we can differentiate between outside and inside, they cannot exist except in a certain kind of natural environment.”
“And although Passion was the ugly side of Love, Passion made love-making fun. Himeros made lovers lusty, passionate & violent. It aroused sexual excitement & also brutality, & thus when Love turned to Chaos, Himeros was to blame. Thus, when Eros reunited Sky & Earth in the union of love, Himeros made Uranus so awful to Gaea that she had to resort to having him castrated.”
“And although rage has often been an effective tool to focus attention and shift narratives, it rarely produces policy gains or positively shifts societal perspective. The beneficiaries of Black rage are often the moderate figures with whom those in a rage are compared. Martin Luther King owes part of his success to Malcolm X, whom many whites saw as a more dangerous, and less acceptable, alternative.”
Source: The Devil You Know: A Black Power Manifesto
“And although she was sometimes dissatisfied with herself, she felt unable to go beyond her own limitations. Books were safer.”
Source: Brida: A Novel
“And although the world was just the same as it had always been as I travelled home on the Tube that evening, my view of it had been changed forever.”
Source: The Progressive Patriot
“And although they were still sad-they were together.”
Source: I Can't Believe They're Gone: A kid's grief book that hugs, helps, and gives hope
“And although we adore men individually, we agree that as a group they're rather stupid.”
Source: Vocal Selections from Walt Disney's Mary Poppins
“And although writing is something I have done every day for years now, I again get the feeling that this thing I call 'my job' is nothing but another avoidance strategy. Compared to all other professions, writing is like the effort a tick makes to feed and survive among predators. I climb onto a branch, wait a long time until the herd passes, calculate the least risky distance to drop onto a fluffy mass and drink a minuscule ration of blood, which will allow me to maintain this limited but sufficient life.”
Source: La encomienda
“And always embrace things, people earth sky stars, as I do, freely and with the appropriate sense of space.”
Source: The Collected Poems of Frank O'Hara
“And always I have this feeling--which may not be true at all--that I am being used as a messenger.”
“And always John, who is my own Gilbert Blythe, my real life Mr. Darcy, and the love of my life.”
“And always remember how much your crazy sister loves you.”
Source: Dreamland
“And always remember that people's judgements about you are none of your business.”
Source: Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear
“And always remember the ultimate truth: life is not about money, it's about emotion.”
Source: MONEY Master the Game: 7 Simple Steps to Financial Freedom
“And always remember, Abraham Lincoln only served one term in Congress, too.”
“And always the animals from each trip you bring back a gaze a pose a gesture that points to the truest of humanity better than images of humanity itself”
“And always we had wars, and more wars, and still other wars - all over Europe, all over the world. "Sometimes in the private interest of royal families," Satan said, "sometimes to crush a weak nation; but never a war started by the aggressor for any clean purpose - there is no such war in the history of the race."”
Source: The Mysterious Stranger: and Other Stories
“And always, he fought the temptation to choose a clear, safe course, warning 'That path leads ever down into stagnation.”
Source: DUNE
“And always, there was the magic of learning things.”
Source: A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
“And am I there?'
'Always. I'd say, always. You're everywhere, in all the dreams. Sometimes it's your face I dream, but not you. Not your personality, not you at all except for the face. And sometimes I know it's you, definitely you, but your face is a blur—or you're not a person, but a dog or—”
Source: Be My Wolff
“And Amber?”
Cade looked stricken at the mention. “I knew her before she had breasts, so she doesn’t count.”
“I’m sure she’d love to hear that.”
“She won’t.” His eyes narrowed in warning. “Ever. Now seriously, what’s the deal with you and
Kelsey?”
Source: Unexpected
“And America, too, is a delusion, the grandest one of all. The white race believes--believes with all its heart--that it is their right to take the land. To kill Indians. Make war. Enslave their brothers. This nation shouldn't exist, if there is any justice in the world, for its foundations are murder, theft, and cruelty. Yet here we are.”
Source: The Underground Railroad
“And Americans have always stood ready to pay the cost in energy and treasure which are needed to make those goals a reality.”
“And Americans realized that native people are still here, that they have a moral standing, a legal standing.”
“And amid all the splendours of the World, its vast halls and spaces, and its wheeling fires, Ilúvatar chose a place for their habitation in the Deeps of Time and in the midst of the innumerable stars.”
Source: The Silmarillion
“And among academicians, and among spirits. I found folly everywhere, but there were grains of wisdom in every stream of it. No doubt there was much more wisdom that I failed to recognize. Life is hard, Mr. Scoresby, but we cling to it all the same.”
Source: The subtle knife
“And among the other honours and rewards our young men can win for distinguished service in war and in other activities, will be more frequent opportunities to sleep with a woman; this will give us a pretext for ensuring that most of our children are born of that parent.”
Source: The Republic
“And amongst us one, Who most has suffer'd, takes dejectedly His seat upon the intellectual throne.”
Source: Delphi Complete Poetical Works of Matthew Arnold (Illustrated)
“And an airplane of spittle dived into the sea, there were no salivas.”
“And an anteater plus a large hungry mutant ant? An ironic way to die.”
“And an apprenticeship to whatever gadgetry is useful in a technical world”
“And an educated mind is nothing but the God-given mind of a child after his parents' and his grandparents' generation have got through molding it. We can't help teaching you; you will ask that of us; but we are prone to teach you what we know, and I am going, now and again, to warn you:
Remember we really don't know anything. Keep your baby eyes (which are the eyes of genius) on what we don't know. That is your playground, bare and graveled, safe and unbreakable.”
“And an equation is the same whether it's written in red or green ink”
Source: A Suitable Boy
“And an even stronger example of Mr. Wells's indifference to the human psychology can be found in his cosmopolitanism, the abolition in his Utopia of all patriotic boundaries. He says in his innocent way that Utopia must be a world-state, or else people might make war on it. It does not seem to occur to him that, for a good many of us, if it were a world-state we should still make war on it to the end of the world. For if we admit that there must be varieties in art or opinion what sense is there in thinking there will not be varieties in government? The fact is very simple. Unless you are going deliberately to prevent a thing being good, you cannot prevent it being worth fighting for. It is impossible to prevent a possible conflict of civilizations, because it is impossible to prevent a possible conflict between ideals. If there were no longer our modern strife between nations, there would only be a strife between Utopias. For the highest thing does not tend to union only; the highest thing, tends also to differentiation. You can often get men to fight for the union; but you can never prevent them from fighting also for the differentiation. This variety in the highest thing is the meaning of the fierce patriotism, the fierce nationalism of the great European civilization. It is also, incidentally, the meaning of the doctrine of the Trinity.”
Source: Heretics
“And an image had appeared in Christopher's head... not the usual ones of the war, but a peaceful one... Beatrix's face, calm and intent, as she had tended a wounded bird the previous day. She had wrapped the broken wing of a small sparrow against its body, and then showed Rye how to feed the bird. As Christopher had watched the proceedings, he had been struck by the mixture of delicacy and strength in Beatrix's hands.
Bringing his attention back to the ranting woman before him, Christopher pitied the man who eventually became Prudence's husband.
Prudence's mother had come into the parlor then, alarmed by the uproar, and she had tried to soothe her. Christopher had taken his leave soon after, regretting every minute he had ever wasted in Prudence Mercer's company.”
Source: Love in the Afternoon
“And an image had appeared in Christopher's head... not the usual ones of the war, but a peaceful one... Beatrix's face, calm and intent, as she had tended a wounded bird the previous day. She had wrapped the broken wing of a small sparrow against its body, and then showed Rye how to feed the bird. As Christopher had watched the proceedings, he had been struck by the mixture of delicacy and strength in Beatrix's hands.
Bringing his attention back to the ranting woman before him, Christopher pitied the man who eventually became Prudence's husband.
Prudence's mother had come into the parlor then, alarmed by the uproar, Christopher had taken his leave soon after, regretting every minute he had ever wasted in Prudence Mercer's company.”
Source: Love in the Afternoon
“And an inky-colored despair of rejection enveloped me like the black tortilla of depression around a pain burrito.”
Source: Bite Me
“And an ocean can swallow you, even when you can swim.”
“And an unaware witch means a witch who doesn't know she's a witch, and because she's a women that makes her double trouble. Never trust a women." My mothers a women," I said, suddenly feeling a little angry, "and I trust her." Mothers are usually women," said the Spook. "And mothers are usually quite trustworthy, as long as your their son. Otherwise look out!”
“And an unstable childhood makes you appreciate calmness and not crave excitement. To spend a Saturday afternoon mopping your kitchen floor while listening to opera on the radio, and to go that night to an Indian restaurant with a friend and be home by nine o'clock - these are enough. They are gifts.”
“And Ana remembered her father's words, "Say no! Run! Tell me!”
Source: Rise and Shine: A Tool for the Prevention of Childhood Sexual Abuse
“and—and is it really impossible to be unhappy? Oh, what are my grief and my trouble, if I am able to be happy? You know, I don’t understand how it’s possible to pass by a tree and not be happy to see it. To talk with a man and not be happy that you love him! Oh, I only don’t know how to say it... but there are so many things at every step that are so beautiful, that even the most confused person finds beautiful. Look at a child, look at God’s sunrise, look at the grass growing, look into the eyes that are looking at you and love you...”
Source: The Idiot
“And' and 'or' are the basic operations of logic. Together with 'no' (the logical operation of negation) they are a complete set of basic logical operations—all other logical operations, no matter how complex, can be obtained by suitable combinations of these.”
Source: The Computer and the Brain
“And...and the thing is...the thing is...what we consider to be the most successful route for us to take, actually isn't. Because too often our view of success is about some external bullshit idea of achievement — an Olympic medal, the ideal husband, a good salary. And we have all these metrics that we try and reach. When really success isn't something you measure, and life isn't a race you can win. It's all...bollocks, actually...'
The audience definitely looked uncomfortable now. Clearly this was not the speech they were expecting. She scanned the crowd and saw a single face smiling up at her.”
Source: The Midnight Library
“And—and what was that torture device Father Orville was carrying?"
"You mean the Bible?”
Source: Serpent & Dove
“and angle of vision, dust, gravity, solitude,
and the part of the law which is the world's waiting
and the part of the law which is my waiting,
and the part which is my impatience—now; now?—
though there are, there really are
things in the world, you must believe me.”
“And angling too, that solitary vice, What Izaak Walton sings or says: The quaint, old, cruel coxcomb, in his gullet Should have a hook, and a small trout to pull it.”
Source: Delphi Complete Works of Lord Byron (Illustrated)
“and Anna could smell sushi, baked bread, and frying hot dogs. She could even catch the faint tang of Indian spices- not the kinds of spices she was used to, of course, the very specific kind in pandhi curry or masala crab, but then she had never come across those flavors outside the small, beautiful corner of India that her mother had once called home.
That said, this place did smell yummy. There was food everywhere she looked: street vendors, bakeries, cafés, take-out places, you name it. Hungry Heart Row, that's what this neighborhood was called, and it seemed its residents had taken that very seriously.”
Source: Hungry Hearts: 13 Tales of Food & Love