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Your cousin might be a pretty face, but you, my darling, courageous, maddening, seductive, mysterious, wonderful Diana, you are the Duchess of Wakefield. My duchess. — Elizabeth Hoyt

Know that we never have to walk in darkness. Even when we get into dark times or dark situations, God's light is always there to be found! — Stormie O'martian

The Existence of Deity, that he made the World, and govern'd it by his Providence; that the most acceptable Service of God was the doing Good to Man; that our Souls are immortal; and that all Crime will be punished and Virtue rewarded either here or hereafter ... — Benjamin Franklin

Where the quality of life goes down for the environment, the quality of life goes down for humans. — George Holland

Saki says that youth is like hors d'oeuvres: you are so busy thinking of the next courses you don't notice it. When you've had them, you wish you'd had more hors d'oeuvres. — Philip Larkin

about the biology of stress and recovery, stress seems to have an effect on the brain similar to that of vaccines on the immune system. In limited doses, it causes brain cells to overcompensate and thus gird themselves against future demands. Neuroscientists call this phenomenon stress inoculation. — John J. Ratey

Is this what they mean when they talk about coming out of the closet?" Zane — Abigail Roux

A leader who always fiercely negotiates most exciting work for his team, may become popular, but not necessarily a great leader. — Bibhuti Kar

He who joyfully marches to music in rank and file has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would suffice. — Albert Einstein

I didn't go into the theater to be a producer, I went into the theater to be a director. — Harold Prince

I'm very excited about my new Spotify account, which gives me access to twenty gazillion songs any time, all the time. The day I opened my account, though, I sat there perplexed. How would I figure out what I wanted to hear? — Susan Orlean

One of my first films was Zebrahead. I remember the producer asking me, "Can you handle the big lights?" And I thought, Do I want to be sarcastic, or do I want the job? So I said, "I don't handle the big lights, I just tell big men where to put the big lights and they do it." — Maryse Alberti

Ever notice how irons have a setting for permanent press? I don't get it. — Steven Wright

Declan paused then, sighing, as if the weight of the story was a tangible thing, and he needed to take a moment to regain his strength. — Maggie Stiefvater

I'm very careful in the sunshine. — Cheryl Ladd