We need ghost stories because we, in fact, are the ghosts. ~Stephen King
#quotes #stephen-king #stories

I always choose to look, as much as one can, at the supernatural not being something that exists outside of nature, but a deeper, fundamental heart of nature that perhaps humans... have lost touch with. It's a more primal thing than perhaps we are attuned to in our modern, self-aware way of life. ~Alan Ball
#quotes #alan-ball #nature #life #heart

And they need not cause you grief. As my Highland grandmother said, and she had the Sight-Tis not the dead ye have to be concerned about! Beware of the Living! And she was a wise woman. The dead are beyond your help or mine, poor things. But the living need us. Thirty souls at the least, Phryne, are still on that island to praise God who might now be angels-or devils. ~Kerry Greenwood
#quotes #kerry-greenwood #helping

It is not economical to go to bed early to save candles if the result is twins. ~Chinese Proverb
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A man who continually laments is not heeded. ~African Proverb
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In what bold relief stand out the lives of all walkers of the snow! The snow is a great tell-tale, and blabs as effectually as it obliterates. I go into the woods, and know all that has happened. I cross the fields, and if only a mouse has visited his neighbor, the fact is chronicled. ~John Burroughs
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An empty belly is the best cook. ~Estonian Proverb
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Do not beat the wolf, and do not cause hunger to the sheep. ~Arabic Proverb
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I definitely have two Olympics in me; I don't know about three Olympics. ~Gracie Gold
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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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If you chase two rabbits, you will not catch either one. ~Russian Proverb
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Sometimes the simplest things are the most profound. ~Carolina Herrera
#quotes #carolina-herrera #simplicity

Many a true word is spoken in jest. ~English Proverb
#proverbs #english-proverbs #humor #speaking

Talk doesn’t cook rice. ~Chinese Proverb
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Charity sees the need, not the cause. ~German Proverb
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Better to light a candle than to curse the darkness. ~Chinese Proverb
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When CD technology first came out, it was just so much waste. ~Rick Danko
#quotes #rick-danko #technology

If you are not part of the solution, you are part of the problem. ~African Proverb
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The most dangerous food is wedding cake. ~American Proverb
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The essence of Government is power; and power, lodged as it must be in human hands, will ever be liable to abuse. ~James Madison
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Fall seven times, stand up eight. ~Japanese Proverb
#proverbs #japanese-proverbs #perseverance

God gives the nuts, but he doesn't crack them. ~German Proverb
#proverbs #german-proverbs #work #wisdom

Every proverb speaketh sooth; dreams and omens mask the truth. ~Welsh Proverb
#proverbs #welsh-proverbs #truth

The publicis rather apt to be unreasonably discontented when a woman does marry again, than when she does not. ~Jane Austen
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Never strike your wife, even with a flower. ~Hindu Proverb
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