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Images are ... a kind of emotional shorthand.


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You see a lot of smart guys with dumb women, but you hardly ever see a smart woman with a dumb guy.

You see a lot of smart guys with dumb women, but you hardly ever see a smart woman with a dumb guy.



Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn't.

Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn't.



And the trouble is, if you don't risk anything, you risk even more.

And the trouble is, if you don't risk anything, you risk even more.



I have accepted fear as a part of life - specifically the fear of change... I have gone ahead despite the pounding in the heart that says: turn back.

I have accepted fear as a part of life - specifically the fear of change... I have gone ahead despite the pounding in the heart that says: turn back.



The stones themselves are thick with history, and those cats that dash through the alleyways must surely be the ghosts of the famous dead in feline disguise.

The stones themselves are thick with history, and those cats that dash through the alleyways must surely be the ghosts of the famous dead in feline disguise.



Everyone has talent. What is rare is the courage to follow the talent to the dark place where it leads.

Everyone has talent. What is rare is the courage to follow the talent to the dark place where it leads.



Ambivalence is a wonderful tune to dance to. It has a rhythm all its own.

Ambivalence is a wonderful tune to dance to. It has a rhythm all its own.



Take your life in your own hands, and what happens? A terrible thing: no one to blame.

Take your life in your own hands, and what happens? A terrible thing: no one to blame.



How wonderful to have someone to blame! How wonderful to live with one's nemesis! You may be miserable, but you feel forever in the right.

How wonderful to have someone to blame! How wonderful to live with one's nemesis! You may be miserable, but you feel forever in the right.



My generation was not only maligned in book reviews and attacked in graduate school but we lived to see our adored and adorable daughters wonder why feminism had become a dirty word.

My generation was not only maligned in book reviews and attacked in graduate school but we lived to see our adored and adorable daughters wonder why feminism had become a dirty word.





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The narrator, I think, must succeed in frightening himself before he can think of frightening his reader…



If you don't believe in yourself, why should anyone else?

If you don't believe in yourself, why should anyone else?



When I am weak then am I strong.

When I am weak then am I strong.



The chivalrous man who holds a door open or signals a woman to go ahead of him when he's driving is negotiating both status and connection.

The chivalrous man who holds a door open or signals a woman to go ahead of him when he's driving is negotiating both status and connection.



I'm not speaking metaphorically, plants that you have in your house, or if you've ever made friends with a tree somewhere, there is a moment that these beings can aid you.

I'm not speaking metaphorically, plants that you have in your house, or if you've ever made friends with a tree somewhere, there is a moment that these beings can aid you.



If you look at my résumé, I've more often than not played a very solid, decent human being.

If you look at my résumé, I've more often than not played a very solid, decent human being.



I realize I had to learn ... to stop chasing the perishable prizes of this earth ... and give my best effort unto God and trust Him with the results.

I realize I had to learn ... to stop chasing the perishable prizes of this earth ... and give my best effort unto God and trust Him with the results.



Let us not leave for tomorrow what we can do today. It is now that we must come unto Christ.

Let us not leave for tomorrow what we can do today. It is now that we must come unto Christ.



It gets to the point where you're hot, you're hot, and when you're not, you're not. It's so true. I have to slow down soon.

It gets to the point where you're hot, you're hot, and when you're not, you're not. It's so true. I have to slow down soon.



I don't want to do something that I've done before; I can't see the point of it.

I don't want to do something that I've done before; I can't see the point of it.




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