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The streets were dark with something more than night. Raymond Chandler
Dark Something More Were Than Streets Night
It is not a fragrant world. Raymond Chandler
World Society Fragrant
Revolution is as unpredictable as an earthquake and as beautiful as spring. Its coming is always a surprise, but its nature should not be. Rebecca Solnit
Beautiful Nature Spring Revolution Earthquake Unpredictable Always Coming Surprise Should
The heart has a yearning for the unknown, a longing to penetrate the deep shadow and the winding glade, where, as it seems, no human foot has been. Richard Jefferies
Heart Longing Unknown Penetrate Has-Been Winding Shadow Seems Foot Yearning Been Human Where Deep
I am afraid that the ordinary citizen will not like to be told that the banks can and do create and destroy money. And they who control the credit of a nation direct the policy of governments, and hold in the hollow of their hands the destiny of the people. Richard McKenna
People Money Will Citizen Nation Control Destiny Destroy Direct Like Policy Am Governments Hands Afraid Banks Hold Ordinary Ordinary Citizen Hollow Create Who Credit
We're creating these massive urban areas in the Third World. It's like you take the entire population of California and put it in one city. Then you remove basic sanitation and medical services, and you have a ticking biological time bomb. Richard Preston
Time You World Remove City Entire Area Take Put Like Ticking Massive California Time Bomb Urban Urban Areas Then Creating Sanitation Population Bomb Medical Basic Services Biological Third Third World
For love is a willful stirring of our thoughts unto God, so that it receive nothing that is against the love of Jesus Christ, and therewith that it be lasting in sweetness of devotion; and that is the perfection of this life. Richard Rolle
Life Love God Thoughts Love Is Christ Nothing Lasting Our Willful Perfection Unto Devotion Stirring Against Sweetness Receive Jesus Jesus Christ
Never argue at the dinner table, for the one who is not hungry always gets the best of the argument. Richard Whately
Best Dinner Argument Hungry Dinner Table Table Argue Never Always Gets Who
I can't imagine God not allowing my dog into heaven. Rick Warren
God Dog Pet Allowing Heaven Imagine
Being reminded about the incredible power of God's love, and living as He intended, is the most powerful motivation to change. Rick Warren
Love God Change Power Living Incredible About He Reminded Powerful Most Most Powerful Motivation Intended Being
God is looking for people to use, and if you can get usable, he will wear you out. The most dangerous prayer you can pray is this: 'Use me.' Rick Warren
God Me Prayer You People Dangerous Will Looking Out Wear He Most Pray Get Usable Use
When life doesn't make sense, we can still have peace. Rick Warren
Life Peace Sense Make Still
Divorce is the one human tragedy that reduces everything to cash. Rita Mae Brown
Everything Cash Divorce Tragedy Human
Theology is never any help; it is searching in a dark cellar at midnight for a black cat that isn't there. Theologians can persuade themselves of anything. Robert A. Heinlein
Dark Black Cat Never Cellar Any Anything Midnight Themselves Persuade Theologians Theology Help Searching
Most of our ancestors were not perfect ladies and gentlemen. The majority of them weren't even mammals. Robert Anton Wilson
Not Perfect Our Ancestors Perfect Most Majority Gentlemen Were Mammals Ladies Them Even
The web of life is a beautiful and meaningless dance. The web of life is a process with a moving goal. The web of life is a perfectly finished work of art right where I am sitting now. Robert Anton Wilson
Life Work Beautiful Art Dance Life Is A Finished Web Finished Work Perfectly Am Goal Sitting Where Process Moving Meaningless Now Right
Nobody sees the obvious, nobody observes the ordinary. There are more miracles in a square yard of earth than in all the fables of the Church. Robert Anton Wilson
Church Miracles Earth Fables More Sees Nobody Obvious Yard Square Than Ordinary
Belief is the death of intelligence. Robert Anton Wilson
Death Intelligence Belief
We all know what Parliament is, and we are all ashamed of it. Robert Louis Stevenson
Parliament Know Ashamed
No man is useless while he has a friend. Robert Louis Stevenson
Man He Friend While Useless
Even if the doctor does not give you a year, even if he hesitates about a month, make one brave push and see what can be accomplished in a week. Robert Louis Stevenson
You Doctor Year Hesitates Month See About Give Week Push He Make Does Accomplished Brave Even
Never argue; repeat your assertion. Robert Owen
Argue Never Repeat Your Assertion
There is nothing in which the birds differ more from man than the way in which they can build and yet leave a landscape as it was before. Robert Wilson Lynd
Nature Man Build Before Nothing Birds Way More Leave Than Differ Which Landscape
I love the desert and its incomparable sense of space. Robyn Davidson
Love Space Sense Desert Incomparable
It is difficult to produce a television documentary that is both incisive and probing when every twelve minutes one is interrupted by twelve dancing rabbits singing about toilet paper. Rod Serling
Singing Difficult Every Dancing Paper Television Minutes About Both Documentary Probing Rabbits Produce Toilet Toilet Paper Twelve Interrupted
I read poetry every day. I look at it as an exercise, a kind of T'ai Chi for writers. It teaches economy of form. Roger Zelazny
Day Every Day Chi Every Kind Poetry Writers Economy Look Read Exercise Form Teaches
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