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Time touches all things with a destroying hand.


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There's time enough, but none to spare.

There's time enough, but none to spare.



Those that set in motion the forces of evil cannot always control them afterwards.

Those that set in motion the forces of evil cannot always control them afterwards.



Impossibilities are merely things of which we have not learned, or which we do not wish to happen.

Impossibilities are merely things of which we have not learned, or which we do not wish to happen.



As man sows, so shall he reap. In works of fiction, such men are sometimes converted. More often, in real life, they do not change their natures until they are converted into dust.

As man sows, so shall he reap. In works of fiction, such men are sometimes converted. More often, in real life, they do not change their natures until they are converted into dust.



Race prejudice is the devil unchained.

Race prejudice is the devil unchained.



We sometimes underestimate the influence of little things

We sometimes underestimate the influence of little things



We are all puppets in the hands of fate and seldom see the strings.

We are all puppets in the hands of fate and seldom see the strings.



I think I must write a book. It has been my cherished dream and I feel an influence that I cannot resist calling me to the task.

I think I must write a book. It has been my cherished dream and I feel an influence that I cannot resist calling me to the task.



Sins, like chickens, come home to roost.

Sins, like chickens, come home to roost.



We make our customs lightly; once made, like our sins, they grip us in bands of steel; we become the creatures of our creation.

We make our customs lightly; once made, like our sins, they grip us in bands of steel; we become the creatures of our creation.





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Never knew the word Goodbye could scatter my heart into pieces. Just 1 word, could made me cry over you.

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The things we do without the fear of failure and the desire for success are the purest acts we'll ever do

The things we do without the fear of failure and the desire for success are the purest acts we'll ever do



A straight dark-green Manchu gown, with black trimmings, is my favorite. For it just about takes off those fifteen pounds I don't need and adds those three inches I do.

A straight dark-green Manchu gown, with black trimmings, is my favorite. For it just about takes off those fifteen pounds I don't need and adds those three inches I do.



I treat my relationships like marriages. The ceremony isn't that important to me.

I treat my relationships like marriages. The ceremony isn't that important to me.



The land is not old. It only changes, becoming one thing and the next. We are the ones who ascribe age, the brevity of our lives demanding a beginning, middle and end.

The land is not old. It only changes, becoming one thing and the next. We are the ones who ascribe age, the brevity of our lives demanding a beginning, middle and end.



I have one request: may I never use my reason against truth.

I have one request: may I never use my reason against truth.



Play is older than culture, for culture, however inadequately defined, always presupposes human society, and animals have not waited for man to teach them their playing.

Play is older than culture, for culture, however inadequately defined, always presupposes human society, and animals have not waited for man to teach them their playing.



I'm ready to meet a nice man!

I'm ready to meet a nice man!



Once you open your eyes and start looking around you, you start picking up things that are very obvious.

Once you open your eyes and start looking around you, you start picking up things that are very obvious.




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