May Quotes - Page 11

• But if you have no relationship with the living things on this earth, you may lose whatever relationship you have with humanity.

  Jiddu Krishnamurti

  Humanity, Earth, Living Things

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• However, he also trusted me to make my own decisions. Contradicting me or telling me what to do wasn't in his nature - even though he secretly may have wanted to.

  Richelle Mead

  Decision, Contradicting, Wanted

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• A warrior may change his metal, but not his heart.

  Edgar Rice Burroughs

  Heart, Warrior, Metals

  Edgar Rice Burroughs (2015). “A Princess of Mars (Science Fiction Classic): From the Author of Tarzan of the Apes, Barsoom Series, Llana of Gathol, Pirates of Venus, The Land That Time Forgot & Pellucidar”, p.62, e-artnow

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• Can't you just like a girl who likes you back?' 'None of them likes me back. I may as well like the one I really want.

  Rainbow Rowell

  Crush, Girl, Want

  Rainbow Rowell (2016). “The Rainbow Rowell YA Collection”, p.77, St. Martin's Griffin

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• Why would a person prefer the accusations of guilt, unworthiness, ineptitude — even dishonor and betrayal — to real possibility? This may not seem to be the choice, but it is: complete self-effacement, surrender to the “others,” disavowal of any personal dignity or freedom — on the one hand; and freedom and independence, movement away from the others, extrication of oneself from the binding links of family and social duties-on the other hand. This is the choice that the depressed person actually faces.

  Ernest Becker

  Betrayal, Real, Depressed Person

  "The Denial of Death".

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• I'll never be a poet,' said Amory as he finished. 'I'm not enough of a sensualist really; there are only a few obvious things that I notice as primarily beautiful: women, spring evenings, music at night, the sea; I don't catch the subtle things like 'silver-snarling trumpets.' I may turn out an intellectual, but I'll never right anything but mediocre poetry.

  F. Scott Fitzgerald

  Beautiful, Spring, Night

  F. Scott Fitzgerald, James L. W. West (1995). “This Side of Paradise”, p.84, Cambridge University Press

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• You may be right. I think it was round about Christmas when I got my Welsh dragon tattoo.” At that, Tessa had to try very hard not to blush. “How did that happen?” Will made an airy gesture with his hand. “I was drunk…” “Nonsense. You were never really drunk.” “On the contrary—in order to learn how to pretend to be inebriated, once must become inebriated at least once, as a reference point. Six-Fingered Nigel had been at the mulled cider—“ “You can’t mean there’s truly a Six-Fingered Nigel?

  Cassandra Clare

  Tattoo, Mean, Thinking

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• The most effective way to live is as a warrior. A warrior may worry and think before making any decision, but once he makes it, he goes his way, free from worries or thoughts; there will be a million other decisions still awaiting him. That's the warrior's way.

  Carlos Castaneda

  Spiritual, Wisdom, Warrior

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• I was just thinking of bundling up Cecily and feeding her to the ducks at Hyde Park," said Will, pushing his wet hair back and favoring Jem with a rare smile. "I could use your assistance." "Unfortunately, you may have to delay your plans for suicide a bit longer. Gabriel Lightwood is downstairs, and I have two words for you. Two of your favorite words, at least when you put them together." "'Utter simpleton'?" inquired Will. "'Worthless upstart'?" Jem grinned. "'Demon pox,'" he said.

  Cassandra Clare

  Suicide, Thinking, Two

  Cassandra Clare (2013). “The Infernal Devices: Clockwork Angel; Clockwork Prince; Clockwork Princess”, p.946, Simon and Schuster

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• You might want to get up," he said. "Everyone will be here quite soon to rescue you, and you may prefer to have clothes on when they arrive." He shrugged. "I would, at any rate, but then, I am well known to be remarkably shy.

  Cassandra Clare

  Clothes, Shy, Want

  Cassandra Clare (2014). “Clockwork Princess”, p.433, Simon and Schuster

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• Perhaps, but you would not exist without a woman, would you? However little use you may find us, we are cleverer and more determined and more patient than men. Men may be stronger, but it is women who endure.

  Cassandra Clare

  Men, Stronger, Use

  Cassandra Clare (2014). “Clockwork Princess”, p.118, Simon and Schuster

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• I take your hand, brother, so that you may go in peace. Will had opened his blue eyes that never lost their colour over all the passing years, and looked at Jem and then Tessa, and smiled, and died, with Tessa's head on his shoulder and and his hand in Jem's.

  Cassandra Clare

  Brother, Eye, Years

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• There are certain half-dreaming moods of mind in which we naturally steal away from noise and glare, and seek some quiet haunt where we may indulge our reveries and build our air castles undisturbed.

  Washington Irving

  Dream, Air, Mind

  Washington Irving (1999). “Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Other Stories”, p.114, Penguin

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• You should never start a company with the goal of getting rich. Your goal should be making something you believe in and making a company that will last. Excerpt From: Walter, Isaacson. “Steve Jobs.” Simon & Schuster, 2011-10-23T21:00:00+00:00. iBooks. This material may be protected by copyright.

  Walter Isaacson

  Jobs, Believe, Goal

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• Maybe the point is that any marriage is work, but you may as well pick work that you like.

  Mindy Kaling

  Wells, Picks

  Mindy Kaling (2011). “Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (And Other Concerns)(Enhanced Edition)”, p.186, Crown/Archetype

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• Why are we doing this?" Caine asked him. "You know damned well why we're doing this. Because it's a fight. It may be THE fight. I may be the final fight. And what else are we good at, you and me? What are we going to do if we ever get out there anyway?

  Michael Grant

  Fighting, Finals, Wells

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• We may say we're looking for love, following dreams, chasing the dollar, but aren't we just looking for a place where we belong? A place where our thoughts, feelings, and fears are understood? - Ridley Jones

  Lisa Unger

  Dream, Feelings, Looking For Love

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• I am relieved. May I now have the truth?

  Georgette Heyer

  Relieved

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• magic persists without us no matter what we may do to try to spoil it

  Charles Bukowski

  Magic, Trying, Matter

  Charles Bukowski (2012). “The Pleasures of the Damned: Selected Poems 1951-1993”, p.317, Canongate Books

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• What other people may think of the rightness or wrongness is nothing in comparison to my own deep knowledge, my innate conviction that it was wrong.

  Elizabeth Gaskell

  Thinking, People, Conviction

  Elizabeth Gaskell (2010). “The Complete Works of Elizabeth Gaskell (20+ Books)”, p.1681, BookCaps Study Guides

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• Disgust with injustice may sharpen the desire for justice. Readers who don’t see this connection merely wish to be entertained, and I have neither skill nor desire to turn the agony of a people into entertainment.

  Ayi Kwei Armah

  Agony, Skills, People

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• Sanguine chuckled. "I like you, boy. You got optimism in these bones. I like you so much that I ain't gonna tell you what I did to poor old Jethro, the first Jethro, may he rest in peace, may they someday find his head.

  Derek Landy

  Rest In Peace, I Like You, Boys

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• While my insides may be rotten, I still like a good reason to kill someone. It has to be either business, personal, or out of sheer boredom.

  Derek Landy

  Boredom, Rotten, Reason

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• Are you in pain, Frodo?' said Gandalf quietly as he rode by Frodo's side. 'Well, yes I am,' said Frodo. 'It is my shoulder. The wound aches, and the memory of darkness is heavy on me. It was a year ago today.' 'Alas! there are some wounds that cannot be wholly cured,' said Gandalf. 'I fear it may be so with mine,' said Frodo. 'There is no real going back. Though I may come to the Shire, it will not seem the same; for I shall not be the same. I am wounded with knife, sting, and tooth, and a long burden. Where shall I find rest?' Gandalf did not answer.

  J. R. R. Tolkien

  Pain, Memories, Real

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• The dear girl, I fear, may be contemplating some alarming, disruptive perhaps dangerous project. In which case, I would naturally do all in my power to keep her from any such rash or foolhardy enterprise – unless she wished me to accompany her.

  Lloyd Alexander

  Girl, Projects, Cases

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