Thus, when you cry out, 'Greedy! Greedy!' to the bird that flies away with the big crust, you know now that you ought not to do this, for he is very likely taking it to Peter Pan.
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EPICTETUS The guilt you felt when you were smiling and others were suffering, the guilt you ... KAMAND KOJOURI O God, early in the morning I cry to you. Help me to pray and gather my thoughts to you, I cannot... DIETRICH BONHOEFFER To know that you do not know is the best. To pretend to know when you do not know is a disease. LAO-TZU The riskiest thing you can do is get greedy. LANCE ARMSTRONG You have the optimism of a child. (Julian) Peter Pan all the way. (Grace) SHERRILYN KENYON Why be greedy when you can have it all. ANTHONY T. HINCKS Do you know what it's like to love and be alone? ABRAHAM POLONSKY Don’t turn your face away. Once you’ve seen, you can no longer act like you don’t know.<... VASHTI QUIROZ-VEGA I love you so much I want to share you with yourself. I know you do not insist KAMAND KOJOURI Did you know that in space it's very, very cold? And there's no oxygen? And if an astronaut fell out... HUNTLEY FITZPATRICK He placed his hand on Willem's arm. 'Willem, don't cry.' 'I'm not going to,' he said. 'I ... HANYA YANAGIHARA Each day I will accomplish one thing on my to do list. LAILAH GIFTY AKITA I will tell you the secret to getting rich on Wall Street. You try to be greedy when others are fear... WARREN BUFFETT Put down your glass, it is time to dance. If you want to get drunk all you need is... KAMAND KOJOURI I will tell you how to become rich. Close the doors. Be fearful when others are greedy. Be greedy wh... WARREN BUFFETT Don't be sorry; Don't you cry. It's enough That you tried. I love you, And ... MARGO T. ROSE He hit her with his best smile. Her eyes widened. She took a deep breath. 'Oh no, not that seductive... ILONA ANDREWS They tell us the only way to move on is to forget. “Forgive,” they say. Realise ... KAMAND KOJOURI You looked strange climbing in the tree like that." Tiger Lily pulled her braids between her fi... JODI LYNN ANDERSON ...If you look at mainstream economics there are three things you will not find in a mainstream econ... STEVE KEEN when you are broken and he has left you do not question whether you were enough<... RUPI KAUR We can end this before anyone gets hurt." William held his hands out to sides as if to show her he w... MELISSA MARR Why do You thus devise Evil against her?' 'For that She is beautiful, delicate; ADELAIDE CRAPSEY Food Allergies Are Not Due to Food, Rather Are Due to the Constant Contamination of That Food That Y... THEHEALTHFOODGURU [Jem] 'It will help you sleep.' 'All I’ve been doing is sleeping!' [Tessa] 'And very amu... CASSANDRA CLARE In youth, it was a way I had, To do my best to please. And change, with every passing lad<... DOROTHY PARKER Food Allergies Are Not Due to Food, Rather Are Due to the Constant Contamination of That Food That Y... THEHEALTHFOODGURU How do you feel when you want to stand and you see yourself on the floor? Sometimes what God wi... PATIENCE JOHNSON Start by pulling him out of the fire and hoping that he will forget the smell. He was supp... CAITLYN SIEHL When you are doing all that you know to do yet all hell is breaking out around you, SANJO JENDAYI But how can you walk away from something and still come back to it?" "Easy," said the cat.... NEIL GAIMAN You understand why you must go through with this marriage.” “You say you couldn’t live wi... JESSICA KHOURY I promise you I will try harder to be better. I have battled with things ... TYLER KNOTT GREGSON But where do you live mostly now?" With the lost boys." Who are they?" They are the c... J.M. BARRIE In order to honor God with your wealth, you first have to admit that you are rich. Most people won't... CRAIG GROESCHEL The love you get, is equal to the love you give. BEN OAK I Like For You To Be Still I like for you to be still It is as though you are... PABLO NERUDA So the little prince tamed the fox. And when the hour of his departure drew near-- Ah," s... ANTOINE DE SAINT-EXUPéRY Please... Please ... Please tell this people after few more words that you are... DEYTH BANGER If you talk to most businessmen, they'll say that what they do is for the public good, but you k... P. J. O'ROURKE What is it that makes you cry? It is only your attachments. What is it that you miss when it is lost... OSHO Sermon of the Mounts Matthew 5 AND SEEING THE MULTITUDES, HE WENT UP INTO THE ... SWAMI DHYAN GITEN 1) I love you not for whom you are, but who i am when i'm by your side. 2) No person deser... GABRIEL GARCíA MáRQUEZ You're a very difficult person to manipulate, you know." "Nonsense," he said. "You just have to... BRANDON SANDERSON Do not avert your eyes. It is important that you see this. It is important that you ... KAMAND KOJOURI Your "Not To Do" list is also important. MANI S. SIVASUBRAMANIAN I know now: what is is all that matters. Not the thing you know is meant to be, not what could be, n... AUGUSTEN BURROUGHS You're not that girl,' Cole said, sounding tired. 'Trust me, I've seen enough of them to know. Look.... MAGGIE STIEFVATER Graystorm: You know Firestar was also very naughty, just like you. Bramblepaw: Really? He... ERIN HUNTER Forty years ago, he was Slightly in Peter Pan, and you might say that he has been wholly in Peter Pa... KENNETH TYNAN Sending out the Disciples Luke 10 1: AFTER THESE THINGS THE LORD APPOINTED O... SWAMI DHYAN GITEN Z: "You know, this was a hell of a lot easier when you were out cold in the back of that truck." J.R. WARD Happiness There's just no accounting for happiness, or the way it turns up like a pr... JANE KENYON Please... Please ... Please tell this people after few more words you are goin... DEYTH BANGER You start dying slowly if you do not travel, if you do not read, If you do not lis... MARTHA MEDEIROS Listen to me. When a man wakes, he wakes wanting. He wakes hard and rude and aching with need.” He... TESSA DARE O woman, father says natural is beautiful so why do you redden your cheeks and blac... KAMAND KOJOURI How grateful are you?" he whispered, his mouth hovering over mine. His eyes were very alert now, and... CHARLAINE HARRIS Shigure: JUST LISTEN TO ME FOR A SECOND, KYO! Kyo: SHUT UP! I HATE THIS! DO YOU REALLY GE... NATSUKI TAKAYA I clinked my bottle against his. “To being the only girl a guy with no standards doesn’t w... JAMIE MCGUIRE People always ask me "Son what does it take To reach out and touch your dreams?" To t... TIM MCGRAW We should not shed tears That is a surrender of the body to the heart It is only proof TITE KUBO Did you know sometimes it frightens me-- when you say my name and I can't see you? will yo... EMILIE AUTUMN [On Clint Eastwood, best director:] If he hires you, he hires you because he feels like you kno... MORGAN FREEMAN I told him to get greedy. You're on a roll. Keep going, you know? MATT KECHELE Mom." I couldn't believe she was doing this again. She was taking this moment, this time when I was ... SARAH DESSEN Now, I've another errand for you,' said my untiring master; "you must away to my room again. What a ... CHARLOTTE BRONTë THE INVITATION by Oriah Mountain Dreamer It doesn't interest me what you do for a li... ORIAH MOUNTAIN DREAMER Do you know that pain of leaving when you look back expecting to see a face waving goodbye at you bu... SANHITA BARUAH I'll give you something to cry about!! Hell, no need to get up I’m doing a good job of bawli... NEIL LECKMAN I cannot promise very much. I give you the images I know. Lie still with me and watch. W... ANNE SEXTON Wake up, you bastard," — he said. "You fucker. I can't believe that you would ..." And he beg... MAGGIE STIEFVATER You know what they say," Dad said. "If you love something, set it free." "What if he doesn't co... JENNIFER E. SMITH And stop doing that,” he said. “Backing away, giving me that look.” Like you’re scaring... KELLEY ARMSTRONG We are both preachers. He preached the teaching of Jesus Christ, and I preached my philosophy. ... KHALIL AL-SAKAKINI What am I going to do?" asked Ce'Nedra. "First you ought to go wash your face," Polgara t... DAVID EDDINGS Because like the depths of the ocean that calls you home, you will never be easy. But dar... JEANETTE LEBLANC A Work of Art ... is not a living thing ... that walks or runs. But the making of a life... LOUIS KAHN From what I know of you already, you have quite a reputation for providing customer satisfaction." SANDRA BROWN Uncle Yuichi: Something's moving up there? Hmm... I don't see anything. It was probably a satelite. ... INIO ASANO The Fever Bird The fever bird sand out last night. I could not sleep, try as I might... VIKRAM SETH Song You know that it is there, lair where the bear ceases for a time eve... FRANK BIDART
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COETZEE I don't know what you do about sex and I don't want to know, but this is not the way to go about it.... J.M. COETZEE Who are you anyway? What are you even doing here?” “Haven,” she said quietly, peeking at ... J.M. DARHOWER A girl would be lucky to have you, but not like this, Carmine. Not the way you treat people now. You... J.M. DARHOWER Trivial facts are often the best hints to what is going on. J.M. ROBERTS You always question what's new. It's human nature. While everything else, you know, no matter how st... J.M. DARHOWER As a man has no right to kill one of his children if it is diseased or insane, so a man who has made... J.M. SYNGE That was our first time together. Interesting, an interesting experience, but not earth-shaking. But... J.M. COETZEE (Dominic after winning King & Queen contest at Prom along with Tess) “You like me, you r... J.M. DARHOWER I had always thought that I was fine with being alone. Halfway through high school, I moved from Bra... J.M. RICHARDS When the moment shifts, and you realize you don't actually want to be alone, that underneath the bra... J.M. RICHARDS I know he’s a realist, he’s okay with being alone, and he helps people when he thinks no one is ... J.M. RICHARDS Being in love with your best friend is problematic. J.M. RICHARDS A man who is not afraid of the sea will soon be drowned. J.M. SYNGE Lewis exasperated her, always talking about life before the Plague and how it would be if everything... J.M. SULLIVAN It’s so peaceful. I could go to sleep in here.” His eyes flickered to me once more, and for a di... J.M. RICHARDS You fix what's broken, not what's lost. He's gone. You can't fix that. You can't bring him back. But... J.M. DARHOWER I did it again. Lying guilty in a hotel room for a woman I will fail for. J.M. AUGUST Go for it, while you can. I know you have it in you. And I can't promise you'll get everything you w... J.M. DARHOWER We walked to dinner, ate together, and talked nearly the whole time. I was amazed that I had as much... J.M. RICHARDS The problem in this world is that we have poetry but insist on living in prose. J.M. CAMPOS From one seed a whole handful: that was what it meant to say the bounty of the earth . J.M. COETZEE Poetry speaks to you either at first sight or not at all. A flash of revelation and a flash of respo... J.M. COETZEE Adam delayed only a second longer before traversing into the uncertain future, crossing the hidden d... J.M. NORTHUP Die Herren der Information haben die Poesie aus dem Auge verloren, wo Worte eine Bedeutung haben kö... J.M. COETZEE Stacey muttered, "But I hate this school, and this city, and the sooner I leave, the better. I want ... J.M. REEP Stars are everything and nothing that we think they are. They are their own world, but through ... J.M. EVANS You can play it safe, and I wouldn't blame you for it. You can continue as you've been doing, and yo... J.M. DARHOWER In a sudden and soundless eruption, as if he has fallen into a waking dream, a stream of images pour... J.M. COETZEE His own opinion, which he does not air, is that the origin of speech lie in song, and the origins of... J.M. COETZEE In the middle classes the gifted son of a family is always the poorest - usually a writer or artist ... J.M. SYNGE His mind has become a refuge for old thoughts, idle, indigent, with nowhere else to go. He ought to ... J.M. COETZEE Become major, Paul. Live like a hero. That's what the classics teach us. Be a main character. Otherw... J.M. COETZEE Nella vita: chi non risica, non rosica," he said finally, his voice quiet. "In life: nothing venture... J.M. DARHOWER Calf-deep in the soothing water I indulge myself in the wishful vision. I am not unaware of what suc... J.M. COETZEE As much as I cared about him, I wasn’t a slave to fate. I could choose to ignore my feelings, stro... J.M. RICHARDS You have enemies the moment you have success. Our job is finding a way to do business with them. Eve... J.M. LAWLER Alan shrugged. “I love the CBC, really, but being voted its president—” “Co-president,” Sp... J.M. RICHARDS The secret of happiness is not doing what we like but in liking what we do. J.M. COETZEE I truly believe I am not afraid of death. What I shrink from, I believe, is the shame of dying as st... J.M. COETZEE Den Staat kümmert nicht, ob der Bürger lebt oder stirbt. Wichtig für den Staat und sein Archiv is... J.M. COETZEE He turned to leave when arms suddenly wrapped around him from behind, stalling him. Sighing, he clos... J.M. DARHOWER I don’t want to go home yet.” He twisted at the waist and patted the seat behind him. “Take a ... J.M. STEWART I suddenly felt the way Cinderella might have felt if she hadn’t had that convenient midnight curf... J.M. RICHARDS That is ever the way. 'Tis all jealousy to the bride and good wishes to the corpse. JAMES BARRIE