I find we are growing serious, and then we are in great danger of being dull. - William Congreve

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Theseus made unscrupulous use of Ariadne (whom he left on an island where Bacchus later found her-I always think that really meant she took to drink, poor girl).

William Congreve

I find we are growing serious, and then we are in great danger of being dull.

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One minute gives invention to destroy; What to rebuild, will a whole age employ.

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If happiness in self-content is placed, The wise are wretched, and fools only blessed.

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O ay, letters - I had letters - I am persecuted with letters - I hate letters - nobody knows how to write letters; and yet one has 'em, one does not know why - they serve one to pin up one's hair.

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I nauseate walking; 'tis a country diversion, I loathe the country.

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He that first cries out stop thief, is often he that has stolen the treasure.

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Tonight, I should watch the sun set, and think of the impending darkness as a metaphor for my wasted life: once it was bright, and full of potential, and now it is dark and hopeless and bleak. I should not make the mistake of thinking that the moon and the stars represent slim glimmers of hope, or evidence that there is light on the other side. Even if there is light somewhere I will never walk in it again.

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Nicholas Sparks

They didn’t agree on much. In fact, they didn’t agree on anything. They fought all the time and challenged each other ever day. But despite their differences, they had one important thing in common. They were crazy about each other.

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Diana Wynne Jones

Theseus made unscrupulous use of Ariadne (whom he left on an island where Bacchus later found her-I always think that really meant she took to drink, poor girl).

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You could have 50 different states having 50 different regulations. . . until they were all litigated out.

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Sam Roberts

When you're called by God, when He places that call upon your life, there is an authority you begin to walk in.

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