I quickly realized that shopping on Amazon had made the idea of parking my car and going into a store feel like an outrageous imposition on my time and good nature.
I told him I was going to betray you, and betray Lyra, and he believed me because I was corrupt and full of wickedness; he looked so deep I felt sure he'd see the truth. But I lied too well. I was lying with every...
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Philip Pullman
I wanted movement and not a calm course of existence. I wanted excitement and danger and the chance to sacrifice myself for my love.
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Leo Tolstoy
People aren't born good or bad. Maybe they're born with tendencies either way, but its the way you live your life that matters.
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Cassandra Clare
The worst memories stick with us, while the nice ones always seem to slip through our fingers.
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Rachel Vincent
I do not forget any good deed done to me & I do not carry a grudge for a bad one.
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Viktor E. Frankl
More Quotes By Maria Semple
The rider evolved to serve to the elephant.
The president is the high priest of what sociologist Robert Bellah calls the 'American civil religion.' The president must invoke the name of God (though not Jesus), glorify America's heroes and history, quote its sacred texts (the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution), and perform...
Religiosity developed because successful religions made groups more efficient at turning resources into offspring." (including art, cathedrals, cities, earthworks, etc?)
The most powerful force ever known on this planet is human cooperation – a force for construction and destruction.
Anyone who values truth should stop worshipping reason.
