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I loved the sound of the ocean, the breaking surf, the vastness, but still didn't feel terribly comfortable in it.


Raymond Bonner

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RAYMOND CARVER It seems to me that an author who has determined very new domains in literature is Gertrude Stein.
RAYMOND QUENEAU It's very comforting to know that you are faced with a difficult job. If someone gives you a job...
RAYMOND AUBRAC No doubt many people have the feeling that to talk about death at all is, in effect, to conjure it u...
RAYMOND MOODY No matter what we want of life we have to give up something in order to get it.
RAYMOND HOLLIWELL Between two products equal in price, function and quality, the better looking will out sell the othe...
RAYMOND LOEWY Courage is the power to let go of the familiar.
RAYMOND LINDQUIST It was a blonde. A blonde to make a bishop kick a hole in a stained-glass window.
RAYMOND CHANDLER If a guy has a really good success pattern, I'll go along with him if he says he can go to the moon ...
RAYMOND HERZOG To give your best is to receive the best.
RAYMOND HOLLIWELL She poured us some more Scotch. It didn't seem to affect her any more than water affects Boulder Dam...
RAYMOND CHANDLER When in doubt, have two guys come through the door with guns.
RAYMOND CHANDLER