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"No. But maybe rituals."
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STEPHEN KENDRICK I think Eros should be dirty. In Greek legend, as I'm sure you are aware, he fell in love with the m...
STEPHEN FRY When his life was ruined, his family killed, his farm destroyed, Job knelt down on the ground and ye...
STEPHEN KING Time takes it all whether you want it to or not, time takes it all. Time bares it away, and in the e...
STEPHEN KING The most valuable gift you can receive is an honest friend.
STEPHEN RICHARDS I don’t know if you’ve ever felt like that. That you wanted to sleep for a thousand years. Or ju...
STEPHEN CHBOSKY Power is the faculty or capacity to act, the strength and potency to accomplish something. It is the...
STEPHEN COVEY Both Rowling and Meyer, they’re speaking directly to young people. … The real difference is that...
STEPHEN KING And all the books you've read have been read by other people. And all the songs you've loved have be...
STEPHEN CHBOSKY We humans are naturally disposed to worship gods and heroes, to build our pantheons and valhallas. I...
STEPHEN FRY The downside of my celebrity is that I cannot go anywhere in the world without being recognized. It ...
STEPHEN HAWKING Hearts can break. Yes, hearts can break. Sometimes I think it would be better if we died when they d...
STEPHEN KING Even a broken clock is right twice a day.
STEPHEN HUNT The only time you fail is when you fall down and stay down.
STEPHEN RICHARDS The scariest moment is always just before you start.
STEPHEN KING The most important things are the hardest to say. They are the things you get ashamed of, because wo...
STEPHEN KING The road to hell is paved with adverbs.
STEPHEN KING If you don't have time to read, you don't have the time (or the tools) to write. Simple as that.
STEPHEN KING Some birds are not meant to be caged, that's all. Their feathers are too bright, their songs too swe...
STEPHEN KING He watched the young actress playing the central part of a wife who mistakenly believes her husband ...
STEPHEN HARRIGAN [Prison Break is] one of the craziest, most unpredictable roller-coaster rides on TV today.
STEPHEN KING It’s hard to let go. Even when what you’re holding onto is full of thorns, it’s hard to let go...
STEPHEN KING On Friday night, I was reading my new book, but my brain got tired, so I decided to watch some telev...
STEPHEN CHBOSKY