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The idea that property has overcome our personalities is the single reason we'll miss the best part of our lives. It's people, not possessions that make our lives worth living. — Brian Krans

And moody madness laughing wild Amid severest woe. — Thomas Gray

True strength lies in submission which permits one to dedicate his life, through devotion, to something beyond himself. — Henry Miller

I've heard what people are saying, and it's a very weird thing. They're going into a realm where it's somethign that's almost ugly, rather than something that can be so beautiful. — James Haven

Your job isn't to do your job. Your job is to decide what to do next. — Seth Godin

One cannot try marriage. Once one is in, there is no way out. — Mary Balogh

If Life flashes before your eyes just before you die ... mine will be wearing a trench coat — Josh Stern

The exception does not prove the rule. — Mark Suster

Don't put no constrictions on da people! Leave 'em the hell alone! — Jimmy Durante

In a sense, I feel a lot more an outsider in Los Angeles than I did in Newfoundland. — Rhys Ifans

Shukhov enjoyed it. He liked people pointing at him - see that man? He's nearly done his time - but he didn't let himself get excited about it. Those who'd come to the end of their time during the war had all been kept in, "pending further orders" - till '46. So those originally sentenced to three years did five altogether. They could twist the law any way they liked. When your ten years were up, they could say good, have another ten. Or pack you off to some godforsaken place of exile. — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

Written words still have the amazing power to bring out the best and worst of human nature — Nadine Gordimer

I love writing about places I know well. Research is my least favourite thing, as it takes time from the story, but I can't write about a place I've never experienced. — Dixie Browning

If we have confidence in our own beliefs, we should not fear freedom of thought. — Bill Vaughan

Life is greatest sacred existence — Lailah Gifty Akita