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Hope is like peace. It is not a gift from God. It is a gift only we can give one another. Elie Wiesel
Hope God Peace Gift Give Only Like Another
All good books have one thing in common - they are truer than if they had really happened. Ernest Hemingway
Good Books One Thing Had Truer Than Common Happened Really Thing
The world is a fine place and worth the fighting for and I hate very much to leave it. Ernest Hemingway
Hate World Worth Fighting Fine Leave Very Place Much
For a long time now I have tried simply to write the best I can. Sometimes I have good luck and write better than I can. Ernest Hemingway
Time Best Good Better Sometimes Long Long Time Luck Good Luck Tried Write Simply Than Now
Man only likes to count his troubles, but he does not count his joys. Fyodor Dostoevsky
Man Only Troubles Count He Joys Likes Does His
Our form of democracy is bribery, on the highest scale. Gore Vidal
Democracy Our Scale Highest Form Bribery
The cat is such a perfect symbol of beauty and superiority that it seems scarcely possible for any true aesthete and civilised cynic to do other than worship it. H. P. Lovecraft
Beauty Other Worship Possible Scarcely Seems Superiority Civilised Perfect Cat True Than Any Cynic Symbol
A rich man without charity is a rogue; and perhaps it would be no difficult matter to prove that he is also a fool. Henry Fielding
Man Fool Charity Matter Rich Difficult Would Would-Be He Perhaps Also Without Prove Rogue Rich Man
It is not our purpose to become each other; it is to recognize each other, to learn to see the other and honor him for what he is. Hermann Hesse
Relationship Honor Become Other Our Recognize See Purpose He Him Learn Each
A good husband is never the first to go to sleep at night or the last to awake in the morning. Honore de Balzac
Good Morning Marriage Husband First Never Go Awake Last Night Good Husband Sleep
I hope it is true that a man can die and yet not only live in others but give them life, and not only life, but that great consciousness of life. Jack Kerouac
Life Death Hope Great Man Live Others Give Only True Die Them Consciousness
I would rather be ashes than dust! I would rather be a superb meteor, every atom of me in magnificent glow, than a sleepy and permanent planet. Jack London
Me Space Dust Every Sleepy Would Superb Atom Rather Magnificent Permanent Glow Meteor Than Ashes Planet
Fires can't be made with dead embers, nor can enthusiasm be stirred by spiritless men. Enthusiasm in our daily work lightens effort and turns even labor into pleasant tasks. James Baldwin
Work Daily Made Enthusiasm Men Pleasant Our Fires Dead Nor Stirred Labor Effort Tasks Turns Even Daily Work
True life is lived when tiny changes occur. Leo Tolstoy
Life Changes True True Life Occur Tiny Lived
What is faithfulness, anyway? Can you be unfaithful to your own feelings and faithful to someone else? Is it faithful to lie in bed night after night with someone you love but no longer desire while ardently dreaming of someone else? Mary Gaitskill
Love You Lie Feelings Faithful Own Else Dreaming Someone Ardently Longer Faithfulness Bed Unfaithful After Anyway While Your Desire Night
Accuracy is the twin brother of honesty; inaccuracy, of dishonesty. Nathaniel Hawthorne
Honesty Brother Accuracy Dishonesty Inaccuracy Twin
Writing means sharing. It's part of the human condition to want to share things - thoughts, ideas, opinions. Paulo Coelho
Thoughts Writing Share Part Sharing Ideas Opinions Condition Human Want Human Condition Means Things
Our society must make it right and possible for old people not to fear the young or be deserted by them, for the test of a civilization is the way that it cares for its helpless members. Pearl S. Buck
People Fear Old Young Society Cares Our Way Members Possible Must Civilization Make Test Them Old People Helpless Deserted Right
To be truly radical is to make hope possible rather than despair convincing. Raymond Williams
Hope Radical Despair Possible Rather Make Truly Than Convincing
Every person, all the events of your life are there because you have drawn them there. What you choose to do with them is up to you. Richard Bach
Life You Events Every Drawn Because Up Person Them Your Choose
What is freedom of expression? Without the freedom to offend, it ceases to exist. Salman Rushdie
Freedom Freedom Of Expression Without Exist Ceases Offend Expression
Freeing yourself was one thing; claiming ownership of that freed self was another. Toni Morrison
Yourself Ownership Claiming One Thing Self Freed Freeing Another Thing
As you enter positions of trust and power, dream a little before you think. Toni Morrison
You Trust Power Before Think Positions Enter Dream Little
Love is or it ain't. Thin love ain't love at all. Toni Morrison
Love Love Is Thin
A conversation is a dialogue, not a monologue. That's why there are so few good conversations: due to scarcity, two intelligent talkers seldom meet. Truman Capote
Good Conversation Few Meet Scarcity Seldom Talkers Due Dialogue Intelligent Conversations Why Two Monologue
Each age has deemed the new-born year the fittest time for festal cheer. Walter Scott
New Year's Time Age Year Cheer Fittest Deemed Each
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