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Every new stroke of civilization has cost the lives of countless brave men, who have fallen defeated by the dragon, in their efforts to win the apples of the Hesperides, or the fleece of gold. Fallen in their efforts to overcome the old, half sordid savagery of the lower stages of creation, and win the next stage. — D.H. Lawrence

It was him.
He'd traded his coat and tails for jeans and a tight Abercrombie and Fitch tee, but it was him. I would have known him anywhere.
I blinked slowly, believing he was a mirage. A very handsome mirage. But I didn't have the power to dream cute boys into life. When he didn't disappear, part of my heart sang and part of it worried that I'd never be the same again ...
Oh, I never would be the same again. — Gwen Hayes

Everything in life worth achieving requires practice. In fact, life itself is nothing more than one long practice session, an endless effort of refining our motions. When the proper mechanics of practice are understood, the task of learning something new becomes a stress-free experience of joy and calmness, a process which settles all areas in your life and promotes proper perspective on all of life's difficulties. — Thomas M. Sterner

I tend to go back and forth between old favourites and "new" stuff, some of which could easily be by authors I've hitherto heard about but haven't had the chance to catch up with. — Gemma Files

A people are as healthy and confident as the stories they tell themselves. Sick storytellers can make nations sick. Without stories we would go mad. Life would lose it's moorings or orientation ... Stories can conquer fear, you know. They can make the heart larger. — Ben Okri

With the destruction of history, contemporary events themselves retreat into a remote and fabulous realm of unverifiable stories, uncheckable statistics, unlikely explanations and untenable reasoning. — Guy Debord

You are much surer that you are doing good when you pay money to those who work, as the recompense of their labor, than when you give money merely in charity. — Samuel Johnson

We don't need eyes to judge people's beauty; but unfortunately we judge them as we see. — M.F. Moonzajer

When it comes to responding to Jesus, I find it's important to distinguish between reverence, religion, and relationship. — Luis Palau

Embellishing a story for whatever reason proves you're a liar. Doing it in front of someone who knows the truth proves your stupidity. — D.S. Mixell

I only work with actors who take full responsibility for their characters. — Jonathan Demme

If I knew I could never come back to Ireland, to England, I think I'd fall off the tree. — Pierce Brosnan

What we should enjoy, perhaps, is not their performance, but the mere fact of their existence. That, we believe, is wonder enough. — David Kirby