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You have to write the book that wants to be written. And if the book will be too difficult for grown-ups, then you write it for children. Madeleine L'Engle
You Book Will Difficult Too Write Written Children Wants Then Grown-Ups
If you're put on a pedestal, you're supposed to behave yourself like a pedestal type of person. Pedestals actually have a limited circumference. Not much room to move around. Margaret Atwood
You Yourself Pedestal Type Circumference Put Like Supposed Around Limited Person Behave Move Room Much Actually
We don't believe in rheumatism and true love until after the first attack. Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach
Love True Love First Believe Attack True Until After
Lust is to the other passions what the nervous fluid is to life; it supports them all, lends strength to them all ambition, cruelty, avarice, revenge, are all founded on lust. Marquis de Sade
Life Strength Revenge Fluid Nervous Cruelty Ambition Lust Other Supports Passions Lends Avarice Them Founded
I've already told you: the only way to a woman's heart is along the path of torment. I know none other as sure. Marquis de Sade
You Woman Heart Path Other Way Torment Only Along Know Sure None
Teenagers watch and listen to all kinds of things. It is the nature of being a teenager to seek out intense stuff. Stuff about death and sex and love and fear. Teenagers are the bravest, most curious, most philosophical, most open-minded readers there are, which is why so many less-than-young adults like writing for them. Matt Haig
Love Death Nature Writing Fear Sex Teenager Teenagers Philosophical Out Kinds Seek About Adult Stuff Open-Minded Like Most Readers Curious Intense Listen Bravest Being Being A Teenager Which Them Many Why Things Watch
The most beautiful words in the English language are 'not guilty'. Maxim Gorky
Beautiful Words Most Beautiful Language Guilty Most Beautiful Words Not Guilty English English Language
When one loves somebody everything is clear - where to go, what to do - it all takes care of itself and one doesn't have to ask anybody about anything. Maxim Gorky
Care Somebody Everything About Clear Takes Go Itself Anybody Where Anything Loves Ask
It is impossible to repent of love. The sin of love does not exist. Muriel Spark
Love Impossible Sin Does Exist Repent
Life is made up of marble and mud. Nathaniel Hawthorne
Life Made Up Mud Marble
It contributes greatly towards a man's moral and intellectual health, to be brought into habits of companionship with individuals unlike himself, who care little for his pursuits, and whose sphere and abilities he must go out of himself to appreciate. Nathaniel Hawthorne
Health Man Care Unlike Sphere Out Moral Must Ability Brought Habits Pursuits He Individuals Towards Himself Go His Intellectual Greatly Little Who Companionship Whose Appreciate
Ultimately a hero is a man who would argue with the gods, and so awakens devils to contest his vision. The more a man can achieve, the more he may be certain that the devil will inhabit a part of his creation. Norman Mailer
Man Vision Achieve Hero Will Devil Creation Would More Argue He Part Devils Contest His Ultimately Gods May Inhabit Certain Who Awakens
We have to stop and be humble enough to understand that there is something called mystery. Paulo Coelho
Humble Be Humble Enough Something Mystery Understand Stop
Every day I try to be in communication with the universe in an unconscious way. Paulo Coelho
Day Communication Every Day Try Every Universe Way Unconscious
I'm not saying that love always takes you to heaven. Your life can become a nightmare. But that said, it is worth taking the risk. Paulo Coelho
Life Love Saying You Worth Become Risk Takes Taking Said Always Love Always Heaven Your Nightmare
Race prejudice is not only a shadow over the colored it is a shadow over all of us, and the shadow is darkest over those who feel it least and allow its evil effects to go on. Pearl S. Buck
Evil Darkest Those Shadow Only Colored Allow Feel Over Least Go Effects Race Race Prejudice Us Prejudice Who
You can judge your age by the amount of pain you feel when you come in contact with a new idea. Pearl S. Buck
You Age Judge Pain Contact Idea Feel New Come New Idea Your Amount
A good marriage is one which allows for change and growth in the individuals and in the way they express their love. Pearl S. Buck
Love Good Change Marriage Way Good Marriage Individuals Which Express Growth
Life without idealism is empty indeed. We just hope or starve to death. Pearl S. Buck
Life Death Hope Starve Indeed Idealism Empty Without Just
To serve is beautiful, but only if it is done with joy and a whole heart and a free mind. Pearl S. Buck
Beautiful Heart Joy Mind Free Only Done Whole Serve
Unless one is inordinately fond of subordination, one is always at war. Philip Roth
War Unless Inordinately Fond Always Subordination
Allow the world to live as it chooses, and allow yourself to live as you choose. Richard Bach
You Yourself World Live Allow Choose Chooses
In order to live free and happily you must sacrifice boredom. It is not always an easy sacrifice. Richard Bach
You Free Sacrifice Live Must Easy Boredom Always Order Happily
Get this in mind early: We never grow up. Richard Bach
Mind Never Up Get Grow Grow Up Early
A truly great book should be read in youth, again in maturity and once more in old age, as a fine building should be seen by morning light, at noon and by moonlight. Robertson Davies
Great Morning Age Youth Book Maturity Light Old Seen Building Old Age Great Book Once Once More Moonlight Fine More Read Noon Truly Again Should
One of the problems with defending free speech is you often have to defend people that you find to be outrageous and unpleasant and disgusting. Salman Rushdie
You People Problems Free Free Speech One Of The Problems Find Unpleasant Outrageous Often Disgusting Defend Speech Defending
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