Evening of a hot day started the little wind to moving among the leaves. The shade climbed up the hills toward the top. On the sand banks the rabbits sat as quietly as little gray, sculptured stones.
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Related I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ... KELLY JONES No piensas en mí como yo en ti. No me importa. Pero si también tienes frío, podrías acercarte y ... PATRICK ROTHFUSS What is the Other?" they ask. The Other is the one who taught me whatI should be like, but not ... PAULO COELHO The end of the world is a strange concept. The world is always ending, and the end is always being a... NEIL GAIMAN She said 'Over my dead body!' so I took her at her word. DIANA WYNNE JONES It is such a mysterious place, the land of tears. ANTOINE DE SAINT-EXUPéRY No one is ever satisfied where he is SAINT-EXUPERY, ANTOINE DE Only the children know what they are looking for. ANTOINE DE SAINT-EXUPéRY I might repeat to myself, slowly and soothingly, a list of quotations beautiful from minds profound;... DOROTHY PARKER It's all a great mystery. For you, who love the little prince, too. As for me, nothing in the univer... ANTOINE DE SAINT-EXUPéRY What is essential is invisible to the eye SAINT-EXUPERY, ANTOINE DE That is the most difficult thing of all. It is far more difficult to judge oneself than to judge oth... ANTOINE DE SAINT-EXUPéRY What a queer planet!" he thought. "It is altogether dry, and altogether pointed, and altogether hars... ANTOINE DE SAINT-EXUPéRY But eyes are blind. You have to look with the heart. ANTOINE DE SAINT-EXUPéRY That was how the little prince tamed the fox. And when the time was near: "Ah!" the fox said. "... ANTOINE DE SAINT-EXUPéRY Hoşça kal,“ dedi tilki. "İşte sana bir sır, çok basit bir şey: İnsan yalnız yüreğiyle d... ANTOINE DE SAINT-EXUPéRY Grown-ups love figures. When you tell them that you have made a new friend, they never ask you any q... ANTOINE DE SAINT-EXUPéRY The little prince went back to look at the roses again. "You're not at all like my rose. You'r... ANTOINE DE SAINT-EXUPéRY ,Grown-ups love figures. When you describe a new friend to them, they never ask you about the import... ANTOINE DE SAINT-EXUPéRY Grown ups never understood anything by themselves. And it is rather tedious to have to explain thing... ANTOINE DE SAINT-EXUPéRY For me you're only a little boy just like a hundred thousand other little boys. And I have no need o... ANTOINE DE SAINT-EXUPéRY If you succeed in judging yourself rightly, then you are indeed a man of true wisdom SAINT-EXUPERY, ANTOINE DE You become responsible, forever, for what you have tamed SAINT-EXUPERY, ANTOINE DE It is only with the heart that one can see rightly. What is essential is invisible to the eye." Ant... ANTOIN DE ST EXUPERY There is, I am sensible, an age at which every individual of you would choose to stop; and you will ... JEAN-JACQUES ROUSSEAU Hail to you gods, on that day of the great reckoning. Behold me, I have come to you, without sin, wi... THE BOOK OF THE DEAD When you grow up there are things that you would love to do make your father proud is one and have f... GARY F EVANS... When a man takes one step toward God, God takes more steps toward that man than there are sands in t... THE WORK OF THE CHARIOT Don't sacrifice the present and attempt to achieve the impossible- to completely correct the past...... ASSEGID HABTEWOLD It's not about what it is, it's about what it can become. DR. SEUSS And so castles made of sand fall in the sea, eventually. JIMI HENDRIX Don't you ever get the feeling that all your life is going by and you're not taking advantage of it?... ERNEST HEMINGWAY Trust In Every Words, And You Will Believe In Your Works. EIZZA ZAIZALNIZAM Like all best families, we have our share of eccentricities, of impetuous and wayward youngsters and... QUEEN ELIZABETH II My husband has quite simply been my strength and stay all these years, and I owe him a debt greater ... QUEEN ELIZABETH II I have been aware all the time that my peoples, spread far and wide throughout every continent and o... QUEEN ELIZABETH II Solange wir Kinder sind, denken wir nur selten an die Zukunft. Diese Unschuld ermöglicht es uns, un... PATRICK ROTHFUSS Si miramos el fuego es porque parpadea, porque resplandece. Lo que atrae nuestra mirada es la luz, p... PATRICK ROTHFUSS Metal rusts, music lasts forever. PATRICK ROTHFUSS The upward course of a nation's history is due in the long run to the soundness of heart of its ... QUEEN ELIZABETH II Therefore I am sure that this, my Coronation, is not the symbol of a power and a splendor that are g... QUEEN ELIZABETH II The events that I have attended to mark my Diamond Jubilee have been a humbling experience. It has t... QUEEN ELIZABETH II I have in sincerity pledged myself to your service, as so many of you are pledged to mine. Throughou... QUEEN ELIZABETH II I hope that tomorrow we can all, wherever we are, join in expressing our grief at Diana's loss, ... QUEEN ELIZABETH II Like all the best families, we have our share of eccentricities, of impetuous and wayward youngsters... QUEEN ELIZABETH II Here was one with an air of high nobility such as Aragorn at times revealed, less high perhaps, yet ... J.R.R. TOLKIEN And are you trying to tell me you aren't a little bit fascinated by me? KIMBERLY DERTING Look, my friends!' he called. 'Here's a pretty hobbit-skin to wrap an elven princeling in! If it wer... J.R.R. TOLKIEN It is no bad thing celebrating a simple life. J.R.R. TOLKIEN Though he walked and breathed, and about him living leaves and flowers were stirred by the same cool... J.R.R. TOLKIEN First, I want to pay tribute to Diana myself. She was an exceptional and gifted human being. In good... QUEEN ELIZABETH II I cannot lead you into battle. I do not give you laws or administer justice but I can do something e... QUEEN ELIZABETH II I declare before you all that my whole life, whether it be long or short, shall be devoted to your s... QUEEN ELIZABETH II We lost the American colonies because we lacked the statesmanship to know the right time and the man... QUEEN ELIZABETH II These wretched babies don't come until they are ready. QUEEN ELIZABETH II I know of no single formula for success. But over the years I have observed that some attributes of ... QUEEN ELIZABETH II It is easy enough to define what the Commonwealth is not. Indeed this is quite a popular pastime. QUEEN ELIZABETH II I have to be seen to be believed. QUEEN ELIZABETH II Stop a minute, Ambrose!" interrupted Master Nathaniel. "I've got a sudden silly whim that we should ... HOPE MIRRLEES No, sweet one. See, my precious: if we has it, then we can escape, even from Him, eh? Perhaps we gro... J.R.R. TOLKIEN Good, that's a job well done," Grishmak said cheerfully. "Am I the only one who's hungry? STUART HILL At Christmas, I am always struck by how the spirit of togetherness lies also at the heart of the Chr... QUEEN ELIZABETH II For many, Christmas is also a time for coming together. But for others, service will come first. QUEEN ELIZABETH II The lessons from the peace process are clear; whatever life throws at us, our individual responses w... QUEEN ELIZABETH II I myself prefer my New Zealand eggs for breakfast. QUEEN ELIZABETH II The British constitution has always been puzzling and always will be. QUEEN ELIZABETH II Madam President, speaking here in Dublin Castle it is impossible to ignore the weight of history, as... QUEEN ELIZABETH II The unfortunate thing is that, sometimes, we slip, but, fortunately, consciously or unconsciously, w... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH May I never neither turn left nor turn right in my journey of life, but may I go straight to Christ ... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH There is no longer a single idea explaining everything, but an infinite number of essences giving a ... ALBERT CAMUS He felt even angrier that Dumbledore was showing signs of weakness. He had no business being weak wh... J.K. ROWLING She herself is a haunted house. She does not possess herself; her ancestors sometimes come and peer ... ANGELA CARTER The profound ability to use aural and written language has enabled our species to collectively explo... KATHERINE VUCICEVIC Rehashing the past wouldn't change anything. Time to move forward. ZENA WYNN Of course I love you. It is my fault that you have not known it all the while" (the flower to little... ANTOINE DE SAINT-EXUPéRY One only understands the things that one tames,” said the fox. “Men have no more time to un... ANTOINE DE SAINT-EXUPéRY Don't let fear cripple you and keep you from trying new things, changing things, exploring and livin... AKIROQ BROST Great balls of fire. Don't bother me anymore, and don't call me sugar. MARGARET MITCHELL if a sheep eats bushes does it eat flowers too? a sheep eats whatever it finds even a flow... ANTOINE DE SAINT-EXUPéRY One runs the risk of weeping a little, if one lets oneself be tamed... ANTOINE DE SAINT-EXUPéRY If you love a flower which happens to be on a star, it is sweet at night to gaze at the sky. All the... ANTOINE DE SAINT-EXUPéRY In remembering the appalling suffering of war on both sides, we recognise how precious is the peace ... QUEEN ELIZABETH II What were once only hopes for the future have now come to pass; it is almost exactly 13 years since ... QUEEN ELIZABETH II To all those who have suffered as a consequence of our troubled past I extend my sincere thoughts an... QUEEN ELIZABETH II Grief is the price we pay for love. QUEEN ELIZABETH II At its heart, engineering is about using science to find creative, practical solutions. It is a nobl... QUEEN ELIZABETH II To what greater inspiration and counsel can we turn than to the imperishable truth to be found in th... QUEEN ELIZABETH II It's all to do with the training: you can do a lot if you're properly trained. QUEEN ELIZABETH II I have behind me not only the splendid traditions and the annals of more than a thousand years but t... QUEEN ELIZABETH II No one who knew Diana will ever forget her. Millions of others who never met her, but felt they knew... QUEEN ELIZABETH II You must save what you can of your life; you musn't lose it all simply because you've lost a part. HENRY JAMES I was mean life a wolf. Now i'm mean like a weasel. When you're huntin' somepin you're a hunter, an'... JOHN STEINBECK Orion is above the horizon now, and near it Jupiter, brighter than it will ever be ... But i expect ... THOMAS HARRIS I tread paths by moonlight that others fear to speak of during day. PATRICK ROTHFUSS You know the way people begin to look like their dogs? Well, we're beginning to look like each other... JOHN LENNON John (the Baptist) stands as prophets do to this very day, as an unyielding presence unsettling us a... EUGENE KENNEDY You can't judge the present by the past. Each day is different, and you live it differently. MARTY RUBIN And her eyes were on the highway, where life whizzed by. JOHN STEINBECK The universe seeks equilibriums; it prefers to disperse energy, disrupt organization, and maximize c... SIDDHARTHA MUKHERJEE Reinvent yourself. Don't let your past weigh you down. MARTY RUBIN
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JOHN STEINBECK You are one of the rare people who can separate your observation from your preconception. You see wh... JOHN STEINBECK And is usually true of a man of one idea, [Charles] became obsessed. JOHN STEINBECK Don't worry about losing. If it is right, it happens - The main thing is not to hurry. Nothing good ... JOHN STEINBECK [Cannery Row's] inhabitants are, as the man once said, 'whores, pimps, gamblers, and sons of bitches... JOHN STEINBECK Curley's wife lay with a half-covering of yellow hay. And the meanness and the plannings and the dis... JOHN STEINBECK Anything that just costs money is cheap. JOHN STEINBECK Men do change, and change comes like a little wind that ruffles the curtains at dawn, and it comes l... JOHN STEINBECK I am impelled, not to squeak like a grateful and apologetic mouse, but to roar like a lion out of pr... JOHN STEINBECK I've seen a look in dogs' eyes, a quickly vanishing look of amazed contempt, and I am convin... JOHN STEINBECK Power does not corrupt. Fear corrupts... perhaps the fear of a loss of power. JOHN STEINBECK A sad soul can kill quicker than a germ. JOHN STEINBECK Lennie rolled off the bunk and stood up, and the two of them started for the door. Just as they reac... JOHN STEINBECK A water snake glided smoothly up the pool, twisting its periscope head from side to side; and it swa... JOHN STEINBECK At about 10 o'clock in the morning the sun threw a bright dust-laden bar through one of the side win... JOHN STEINBECK I can still tend the rabbits, George? I didn't mean no harm, George. JOHN STEINBECK Guy don't need no sense to be a nice fella. Seems to me sometimes it jus' works the other way around... JOHN STEINBECK A guy needs somebody―to be near him. A guy goes nuts if he ain't got nobody. Don't make no differe... JOHN STEINBECK The church and the whorehouse arrived in the Far West simultaneously. And each would have been horri... JOHN STEINBECK Even while I protest the assembly-line production of our food, our songs, our language, and eventual... JOHN STEINBECK It is a common experience that a problem difficult at night is resolved in the morning after the com... JOHN STEINBECK We are lonesome animals. We spend all of our life trying to be less lonesome. One of our ancient met... JOHN STEINBECK An unbelieved truth can hurt a man much more than a lie. It takes great courage to back truth unacce... JOHN STEINBECK And now that you don't have to be perfect, you can be good. JOHN STEINBECK It doesn't matter that Cathy was what I have called a monster. Perhaps we can't understand Cathy, bu... JOHN STEINBECK The writer must believe that what he is doing is the most important thing in the world. And he must ... JOHN STEINBECK Time is the only critic without ambition. JOHN STEINBECK It seems to me that if you or I must choose between two courses of thought or action, we should reme... JOHN STEINBECK In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the ... JOHN STEINBECK No one wants advice -- only corroboration. - The Winter of Our Discontent. JOHN STEINBECK Unless a reviewer has the courage to give you unqualified praise, I say ignore the bastard. JOHN STEINBECK No man really knows about other human beings. The best he can do is to suppose that they are like hi... JOHN STEINBECK What good is the warmth of summer, without the cold of winter to give it sweetness. JOHN STEINBECK