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• The whole theme of Interview with the Vampire was Louis's quest for meaning in a godless world. He searched to find the oldest existing immortal simply to ask, What is the meaning of what we are?

  Anne Rice

  Ghouls, Vampire, World

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• By engaging in a delusive quest for happiness, we bring only suffering upon ourselves. In our frantic search for something to quench our thirst, we overlook the water all around us and drive ourselves into exile from our own lives.

  Sharon Salzberg

  Water, Suffering, Quench

  Sharon Salzberg (2008). “Lovingkindness”, p.14, Shambhala Publications

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• Older people say, 'Oh I loved you in 'Sense and Sensibility,'' and that's the only film they want to talk about. Equally, there are people who only want to talk about 'Galaxy Quest.' And there's a whole bunch of teenagers who only want to talk about 'Dogma.'

  Alan Rickman

  Teenager, People, Want

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• A good piece of fiction, in my view, does not offer solutions. Good stories deal with our moral struggles, our uncertainties, our dreams, our blunders, our contradictions, our endless quest for understanding. Good stories do not resolve the mysteries of the human spirit but rather describe and expand up on those mysteries.

  Tim O'Brien

  Dream, Struggle, Views

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• Love, the quest; marriage, the conquest; divorce, the inquest.

  Helen Rowland

  Love, Divorce, Literature

  A Guide to Men "Divorces" (1922)

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• I stand here on the summit of the mountain. I lift my head and I spread my arms. This, my body and spirit, this is the end of the quest. I wished to know the meaning of all things. I am the meaning. I wished to find a warrant for being. I need no warrant for being, and no word of sanction upon my being. I am the warrant and the sanction. Neither am I the means to any end others may wish to accomplish. I am not a tool for their use. I am not a servant of their needs. I am not a sacrifice on their alters.

  Ayn Rand

  Mean, Sacrifice, Mountain

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• In every age, people are certain that only the things they have deemed valuable have true value. The search for love and the search for wealth are always the two best stories. But while a love story is timeless, the story of a quest for wealth, given enough time, will always seem like the vain pursuit of a mirage.

  Mark Kurlansky

  Love, Two, People

  Mark Kurlansky (2003). “Salt: A World History”, p.15, Penguin

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• I'm undaunted in my quest to amuse myself by constantly changing my hair.

  Hillary Clinton

  Funny, Laughter, Hair

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• But in truth, should I meet with gold or spices in great quantity, I shall remain till I collect as much as possible, and for this purpose I am proceeding solely in quest of them.

  Christopher Columbus

  Gold, Purpose, Spices

  Christopher Columbus, Bartolomé de las Casas (1827). “Personal Narrative of the First Voyage of Columbus to America: From a Manuscript Recently Discovered in Spain”, p.54

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• The eternal quest of the individual human being is to shatter his loneliness.

  Norman Cousins

  Missing You, Heartbroken, Lonely

  Norman Cousins (1974). “The celebration of life: a dialogue on immortality and infinity”, Harper San Francisco

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• If you read my books, especially the Star Trek books and the Quest for Tomorrow books, you'll see in them the core theme of the basic humanistic questions that Star Trek asked.

  William Shatner

  Stars, Book, Tomorrow

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• Heroes know that things must happen when it is time for them to happen. A quest may not simply be abandoned; unicorns may go unrescued for a long time, but not forever; a happy ending cannot come in the middle of the story.

  Peter S. Beagle

  Hero, Long, Forever

  Peter S. Beagle (1968). “The Last Unicorn”, Roc

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• I'm also starting to wonder something else. If maybe the point of this crazy quest I'm on wasn't to help me find Willem. Maybe it was to help me find someone else entirely.

  Gayle Forman

  Crazy, Helping, Wonder

  Gayle Forman (2013). “Just One Day”, p.216, Penguin

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• There’s people who do things and people who never do—who say they will someday, but they just don’t. I want to go on a quest. I’ve always wanted to go on a quest. And now that I have one, I’m not backing down from it. I’m not going home until it’s complete.

  Holly Black

  Home, People, Goes On

  Holly Black (2013). “Doll Bones”, p.96, Simon and Schuster

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• He found himself looking into many faces for potentional love, and seeing many people as shining vessels of possibility. Perhaps this time there would be that indefinable something that sent hungry hearts roving, longing and searching for something, they knew not what, and yet could not give up the quest.

  Cassandra Clare

  Giving Up, Heart, People

  Cassandra Clare (2015). “Clockwork Angel”, p.57, Simon and Schuster

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• I fear I must agree," Magnus murmured. He pressed a hand over his heart and his new peacock-blue waistcoast. "I strive to find some respect in my heart for you, but alas! It seems an impossible quest.

  Cassandra Clare

  Heart, Blue, Hands

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• His eyes were frighteningly alive, the curve of his mouth savage and pleased. It suddenly didn't seem at all surprising that he should be able to pull things from his dreams. In that moment, Blue was a little in love with all of them. Their magic. Their quest. Their awfulness and strangeness. Her raven boys.

  Maggie Stiefvater

  Love, Dream, Eye

  Maggie Stiefvater (2013). “The Dream Thieves (The Raven Cycle, Book 2)”, p.15, Scholastic Inc.

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• In that moment, Blue was a little in love with all of them. Their magic. Their quest. Their awfulness and strangeness. Her raven boys.

  Maggie Stiefvater

  Boys, Ravens, Blue

  Maggie Stiefvater (2012). “The Raven Boys”, p.336, Scholastic Inc.

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• In the enriching of marriage, the big things are the little things. There must be constant appreciation for each other and thoughtful demonstration of gratitude. A couple must encourage and help each other grow. Marriage is a joint quest for the good, the beautiful, and the divine

  James E. Faust

  Love, Marriage, Beautiful

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• As the woodpecker taps in a spiral quest
  From the root to the top of the tree,
  Then flies to another tree,
  So have I bored into life to find what lay therein,
  And now it is time to die,
  And I will fly to another tree.

  Sidney Lanier

  Death, Roots, Bored

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• An effective proclamation of the Gospel in contemporary Western society will need to confront directly the widespread spirit of agnosticism and relativism which has cast doubt on reason's ability to know the truth, which alone satisfies the human heart's restless quest for meaning.

  Pope John Paul II

  God, Heart, Doubt

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• Man is by nature a lover. Only he has yet to discover the real thing to love. This quest awakens him to the fulfillment of his real Self.

  Sri Chinmoy

  Life, Real, Men

  Sri Chinmoy (1997). “The Wings of Joy: Finding Your Path to Inner Peace”, p.125, Simon and Schuster

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• I think that the idea of finding another person to share your life with is the most fascinating, beautiful quest you could ever be on in life. And yes, living your dreams is so important too, and a lot of times I’ve put that before everything else. But then you get to a place where the whole time you’re living these dreams, you look beside you to say to someone, “Hey, isn’t this so much fun?” And if there’s no one there to say it to, what’s the point?

  Taylor Swift

  Beautiful, Dream, Fun

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• From "Wetness and Water" How does a part of the world leave the world? How can wetness leave water? Do not try to put out a fire by throwing on more fire. Do not wash a wound with blood. No matter how fast you run, your shadow more than keeps up. Sometimes it's in front. Only full, overhead sun diminishes your shadow. But that shadow has been serving you. What hurts you blesses you. Darkness is your candle. Your boundaries are your quest.

  Rumi

  Running, Hurt, Fire

  Mewlana Jalaluddin Rumi, “Shadow And Light Source Both”

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• There was always a quest for more minutes, more hours, faster progress to accomplish more in each day. The simple joy of living between summers was gone.

  Mitch Albom

  Summer, Simple, Joy

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