The best Quotes on Earth!

The public has no idea that writing is a disease, and that the writer who publishes is like a beggar who exhibits his sores.

Michael Krüger

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Let me assure you that my intent is not to offend or merely be provocative. I'm simply worried.

Sam Harris

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There is nothing more provocative than minding your own business.

William S. Burroughs

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A faint smile that made every tiny hair on her body rise in quivering attention. "How fast can you run?" A wolf's question.

Nalini Singh

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Hey! look at us
We're digging and digging
Into stubborn, ancient earth;
We're discovering
Where we came from,
and how we came.

"but where are you going?"

Hey! look at us
We're learning and learning
Into stubborn laws
Of nature and space
And non-nature and non-space;
We're discovering
All there is to know.

"but where are you going?"

Hey! look at us
We're planning and planning
Into stubborn years
Of education and training
And hopes and dreams;
We're discovering
How not to waste any time.

"but where are you going?"

Hey! look at us
We're shiny and bright
And clever and sophisticated
And witty and well-read;
We're discovering
How to really fill up
This old life.

"but where are you going?"

where?

"Yes; where?

Lois A. Cheney

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We Japanese, on the other hand, know our egos are nothing. We bend our egos, all of the time, and that is where we differ. That is the fundamental difference, Hatsue. We bend our heads, we bow and are silent, because we understand that by ourselves alone, we are nothing at all, dust in a strong wind, while the 'hakujin' believes his aloneness is everything, his separateness is the foundation of his existence. He seeks and grasps, seeks and grasps for his separateness, while we seek union with the Greater Life--you must see that these are distinct paths we are travelling, Hatsue, the 'hakujin' and we Japanese" (p. 176).

David Guterson

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You can't handle the truth!" - Colonel Jessup in A Few Good Men.

Aaron Sorkin

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Truth is found at the bottom of a bottomless pit." Jerome Facher - A Civil Action.

Jonathan Harr

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I died for a short while the first time we met