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Lionel Shriver

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LIONEL SHRIVER I would like to be the sea
I would like to break into millions of pieces
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JANE FADE MERRICK Memory is funny. Once you hit a vein the problem is not how to remember but how to control the flow.
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ANUJ SOMANY Every living being, from ants to whales, has a right to live and die in accordance with the law of t...
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BRENNAN MANNING Trust In Every Words,
And You Will Believe In Your Works.
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ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH Life is not a game. Still, in this life, we choose the games we live to play.
J.R. RIM She wasn't bitter. She was sad, though. But it was a hopeful kind of sad. The kind of sad that just ...
STEPHEN CHBOSKY So, I guess we are who we are for alot of reasons. And maybe we'll never know most of them. But even...
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STEPHEN CHBOSKY That one moment when you know you are not a sad story. You are ALIVE.
STEPHAN CHBOSKY Somos quienes somos por un montón de razones.Quizás nunca conozcamos la mayoría de ellas.Pero aun...
STEPHEN CHBOSKY Ambos dijeron que tomara asiento y parecían hablar en serio, así que me senté.
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STEPHEN CHBOSKY So I guess we are who we are for a lot of reasons. And maybewe'll never know most of them.
STEPHEN CHBOSKY So I guess we are who we are for a lot of reasons. And maybe we'll never know most of them.
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STHEPHEN CHBOSKY no more pencils, no more books, no more teachers' dirty looks, when the teacher rings the bell, drop...
STEPHEN CHBOSKY I don't know the significance of this, but I find it very interesting.
STEPHEN CHBOSKY Maybe it’s sad that these are now memories. And maybe it’s not sad.
STEPHEN CHBOSKY Normal is in the eye of the beholder.
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ARASH MASSOUDI All that we have achieved in life is creating a virtual reality for ourselves, while burying the act...
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ONYI ANYADO How should I know?" said Alice, surprised at her own courage. "It's no business of mine."
The Q...
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MUDITHA CHAMPIKA I'm fucking the grave, I thought, I'm bringing the dead back to life...
CHARLES BUKOWSKI Being a superpower is like being a Santa Claus that everyone hates.
JON STEWART Hooray! Hooray! The end of the world has been postponed!
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COURTNEY SUMMERS I worked so hard for that first kiss
And a heart don’t forget something like that

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GREG KAVANDER Don't let fear cripple you and keep you from trying new things, changing things, exploring and livin...
AKIROQ BROST Being all equal and independent, no one ought to harm another in his life, health, liberty, or posse...
JOHN LOCKE Not everyone has the time to be normal.
LJUPKA CVETANOVA At the end of the day, I'm a man.
DANIEL CORMIER Some people never take a chance and never know what it's like to live life to the full.
CHLOE THURLOW In that book which is my memory,
On the first page of the chapter that is the day when I first ...
DANTE ALIGHIERI This is going to take a while. I'm a fantasy author. We have trouble with the concept of brevity.
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ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH Beauty fades, but knowledge is eternal
ANDREW FAIRCHILD Look round and round upon this bare bleak plain, and see even here, upon a winter's day, how beautif...
CHARLES DICKENS The life given us, by nature is short; but the memory of a well-spent life is eternal.
MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO The life given us by nature is short, but the memory of a life well spent is eternal.
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C. JOYBELL C. You probably have the right to disclose them, guaranteed by the First Amendment, but that’s no gua...
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LIONEL BARBER You have to fight to reach your dream. You have to sacrifice and work hard for it.
LIONEL MESSI The day you think there is no improvements to be made is a sad one for any player.
LIONEL MESSI Gratitude is when memory is stored in the heart and not in the mind.
LIONEL HAMPTON Today I am the happiest man in the world, my son was born and thanks to God for this gift.
LIONEL MESSI Whether it's a friendly match, or for points, or a final, or any game - I play the same. I'm...
LIONEL MESSI The post-war American newsroom resembled a vast factory churning out multiple editions through the n...
LIONEL BARBER Music was our wife, and we loved her. And we stayed with her, and we clothed her, and we put diamond...
LIONEL HAMPTON I find the greatest songs in the world come out of pain, and I don't like it! Here's what it...
LIONEL RICHIE Our U.S. audience is composed of globally-minded Americans, an elite category, the ones who do have ...
LIONEL BARBER I would like to see capital punishment suppressed in all democracies.
LIONEL JOSPIN It's not so easy for us when we play teams who have a different mindset, like Chelsea or Inter M...
LIONEL MESSI You cannot beat the feeling of sitting on top of the charts. I had almost forgotten what it feels li...
LIONEL RICHIE I had the pleasure of seeing a real goddess today. She was her own definition of beauty. She was mag...
LIONEL SUGGS My mother was a modern woman with a limited interest in religion. When the sun set and the fast of t...
LIONEL BLUE A primary function of art and thought is to liberate the individual from the tyranny of his culture ...
LIONEL TRILLING There's nothing more satisfying than seeing a happy and smiling child. I always help in any way ...
LIONEL MESSI I repeat what I always say: I want the best for Argentina in every way. I never try to make trouble ...
LIONEL MESSI I always thought I wanted to play professionally, and I always knew that to do that I'd have to ...
LIONEL MESSI My guess is the great majority of teachers would welcome a system where innovation is embraced, wher...
LIONEL SOSA Be proud of your Latino culture and do the best work you can do, and you will always succeed.
LIONEL SOSA The poet may be used as a barometer, but let us not forget that he is also part of the weather.
LIONEL TRILLING I want to concentrate on winning things with Barcelona and Argentina. Then if people want to say nic...
LIONEL MESSI The truth is my idea has been to always stay at Barcelona and see out the rest of my career here. Li...
LIONEL MESSI I've never stopped being Argentine, and I've never wanted to. I feel very proud of being Arg...
LIONEL MESSI It is possible that the contemplation of cruelty will not make us humane but cruel; that the reitera...
LIONEL TRILLING