Doe Quotes - Page 38

• The singer alone does not make a song, there has to be someone who hears. -Broken Song

  Rabindranath Tagore

  Song, Broken, Singers

  Rabindranath Tagore (1986). “Selected poems”, Penguin (Non-Classics)

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• Either we all live in a decent world, or nobody does.

  George Orwell

  World, Decent

  George Orwell (1998). “Two wasted years, 1943”, Martin Secker & Warburg Ltd

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• Abjection is above all ambiguity. Because, while releasing a hold, it does not radically cut off the subject from what threatens it --- on the contrary, abjection acknowledges it to be in perpetual danger.

  Julia Kristeva

  Cutting, Abjection, Danger

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• Magic does that. It wastes you away. Once it grips you by the ear, the real world gets quieter and quieter, until you can hardly hear it at all.

  Catherynne M. Valente

  Real, Magic, Ears

  Catherynne M. Valente (2011). “Deathless”, p.26, Macmillan

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• For myself I think that one wrong does not right the other, and forgiveness cannot be won with useless tears or alms to the Church.

  Jose Rizal

  Thinking, Tears, Church

  Jose Rizal (2010). “Noli Me Tangere: Translated by Leon Ma. Guerrero”, p.44, BookBaby

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• Ahh! Lady Pillows. So much fluffier than mine.” He took a giant whiff. “Why does everything girlie smell so delightful?” “Because we acknowledge the importance of basic hygiene. And periodically clean our bathrooms.” “Brilliant. I should write that down. After all, it takes a village.

  Kathy Reichs

  Writing, Hygiene, It Takes A Village

  Kathy Reichs (2011). “Seizure: A Virals Novel”, p.53, Penguin

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• Life-changing gratitude does not fasten to a life unless nailed through with one very specific nail at a time.

  Ann Voskamp

  Gratitude, Life Changing, Grateful

  Ann Voskamp (2011). “One Thousand Gifts: A Dare to Live Fully Right Where You Are”, p.57, Zondervan

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• War does not answer war, war does not finish war. The only ending is peace.

  Philippa Gregory

  War, Answers

  Philippa Gregory (2005). “The Constant Princess”, p.384, Simon and Schuster

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• Does the madman know he is mad? Or are the madmen those who insist o. Convincing him of his unreason in order to safeguard their own idea of reality?

  Carlos Ruiz Zafon

  Reality, Order, Ideas

  Carlos Ruiz Zafon (2005). “The Shadow of the Wind”, p.423, Penguin

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• There are six reasons anyone does anything: Love. Faith. Greed. Boredom. Fear..." he said, ticking them off on his fingers; but he lingered on the last, drawing a deep breath before he said, "Revenge.

  Ally Carter

  Revenge, Drawing, Bored

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• What does autumn go on paying for with so much yellow money?

  Pablo Neruda

  Autumn, Yellow, Goes On

  "The book of questions".

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• Sufre mas el que espera siempre que aquel que nunca espero a nadie? Does he who is always waiting suffer more than he who’s never waited for anyone?

  Pablo Neruda

  Waiting, Suffering, Always Waiting

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• A country that does not know how to read and write is easy to deceive.

  Che Guevara

  Country, Writing, Deceiving

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• He remembers when he was very small his mother once said she wished happiness and adventure for him. If this does not count as adventure, he is not sure what does.

  Erin Morgenstern

  Mother, Adventure, Remember

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• I do not think I exaggerate when I say that some of us put our offering in the plate with a kind of triumphant bounce as much as to say: "There - now God will feel better!" I am obliged to tell you that God does not need anything you have. He does not need a dime of your money. It is your own spiritual welfare at stake in such matters as these. You have the right to keep what you have all to yourself - but it will rust and decay, and ultimately ruin you.

  Aiden Wilson Tozer

  Spiritual, Feel Better, Thinking

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• This isn't animal experimentation, where you an imagine some proportionate good at the other end of the suffering. This is what we feel like eating. Tell me something: Why is taste, the crudest of our sense, exempted from the ethical rules that govern our other sense? If you stop and think about it, it's crazy. Why doesn't a horny person has as strong a claim to raping an animal as a hungry one does to killing and eating it?

  Jonathan Safran Foer

  Strong, Crazy, Animal

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• As we seek the Lord ever more diligently, we will surely find Him. We will see clearly that the Lord does not abandon His Church or His faithful Saints. Our eyes will be opened, and we will see Him open the windows of heaven and shower us with more of His light. We will find the spiritual strength to survive even during the darkest night.

  Dieter F. Uchtdorf

  Spiritual, Eye, Night

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• But she's not, and I am left to wonder on my own: How does this work, the getting to know a new guy without revealing too much desperation for his undivided attention?

  Rachel Cohn

  Guy, Attention, Too Much

  Rachel Cohn, David Levithan (2014). “Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist”, p.43, Egmont UK

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• Why does this mean so much to you, Jon?" The Prince turned. "Because he's my friend. Because I always know where he stands, and where I stand with him. Because I think he'd die for me and--and I think I'd die for him. Is that enough?

  Tamora Pierce

  Mean, Thinking, Enough

  Tamora Pierce (2014). “Alanna: The First Adventure”, p.204, Simon and Schuster

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• When he laces his fingers through mine, my heart does its now familiar panicked flight, bumping painfully against my ribs. My shoulder twitches as if to pull my hand back, but my heart overrules it.

  R.L. LaFevers

  Heart, Hands, Ribs

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• Do you miss Wales?” Tessa inquired. Will shrugged lightly. “What’s to miss? Sheep and singing,” he said. “And the ridiculous language. Fe hoffwn i fod mor feddw, fyddai ddim yn cofio fy enw.” “What does that mean?” “It means ‘I wish to get so drunk I no longer remember my own name,’ Quite useful.

  Cassandra Clare

  Mean, Sheep, Names

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• No matter how often I think I can't stand it anymore, I always do. There is no alternative. I don't fall, I don't foam at the mouth, faint, collapse or die. It's the same for all of us. You can't get out of the inside of your own head. Something keeps you going. Something always does.

  Janice Galloway

  Fall, Thinking, Foam

  Janice Galloway (1989). “The Trick is to Keep Breathing: A Novel”

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• Show me a god that does not demand mortal suffering. Show me a god that celebrates diversity, a celebration that embraces even non-believers, and is not threatened by them. Show me a god that understands the meaning of peace. In life, not in death.

  Steven Erikson

  Diversity, Suffering, Demand

  Steven Erikson (2009). “The Bonehunters: Malazan Book Of Fallen 6”, p.1125, Random House

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• Why does ice cream go with a broken heart?" Kylie asked. "Because if you eat enough of it, it freezes the heart and numbs the pain for a bit.

  C.C. Hunter

  Pain, Heart, Ice Cream

  C. C. Hunter (2011). “Awake at Dawn”, p.323, St. Martin's Griffin

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• Everybody should have true love, and it should last at least as long as your life does.

  John Green

  Should Have, Long, Lasts

  "The Fault in Our Stars". Book by John Green, January 10, 2012.

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