The nearer I come to the end of my days, the more I am enabled to see that strange thing, a life, and to see it whole. ~Simone de Beauvoir
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Piano keys jangled as he got to his feet. "Our own Sleeping Beauty. Who finally kissed you awake?" "Nobody. I woke up on my own." "Was there anyone with you? ~Cassandra Clare
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Affectation is a greater enemy to the face than smallpox. ~English Proverb
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A man should choose a friend who is better than himself. There are plenty of acquaintances in the world, but very few real friends. ~Chinese Proverb
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I'm a mixed race lad from Liverpool. I get to play a lot of hard characters, and some people perceive that's what I'm like, but it's great for me 'cos they're always the most interesting characters. ~Stephen Graham
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A strange, terrific force unlike anything I've ever experienced is sprouting in my heart, taking root there, growing. Shut up behind my rib cage, my warm heart expands and contracts independent of my will, over and over. ~Haruki Murakami
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Carved with figures strange and sweet, All made out of the carver's brain. ~Samuel Taylor Coleridge
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All my friends I've known since I was really little. ~Leona Lewis
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God heals, and the physician takes the fee. ~French Proverb
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Do not protect yourself by a fence, but rather by your friends. ~Czech Proverb
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No matter what you do each day; or in life, doing things God's way is a matter of the heart. ~Elizabeth George
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Friends are lost by calling often and calling seldom. ~French Proverb
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A single conversation across the table with a wise man is worth a month's study of books. ~Chinese Proverb
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Keep your friends close and your enemies closer. ~English Proverb
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Do good to your friends to keep them, to your enemies to win them. ~Benjamin Franklin
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There are no true friends in politics. ~Marcus Tullius Cicero
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Friends, near or far, are important to us. All of ours have an awareness of other persons' feelings, a courtesy that's inevitable. When I find that consideration in a fan, I'm immediately impressed. ~Kent McCord
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Do not be born good or handsome, but be born lucky. ~Russian Proverb
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Your birthday will always be remembered in a special way, because you have brought so much happiness into the lives of those who are close to you. Happy birthday to you!
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Clear conscience never fears midnight knocking. ~Chinese Proverb
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Only the crystal clear question yields a transparent answer. ~Zen Proverb
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What do I care about the purring of one who cannot love, like the cat? ~Friedrich Nietzsche
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An ounce of discretion is worth a pound of wit. ~American Proverb
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When I am happy I am like a cat, sleek and purring, quite useless. It is when I am unhappy, with an ache perhaps in my heart, that I do my finest work. ~Barbara La Marr
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I do not think there is any thrill that can go through the human heart like that felt by the inventor as he sees some creation of the brain unfolding to success; such emotions make a man forget food, sleep, friends, love, everything. ~Nikola Tesla
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