The writer who neglects punctuation, or mispunctuates, is liable to be misunderstood for the want of merely a … - Edgar Allan Poe

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Harry," Bob drawled, his eye lights flickering smugly, "what you know about women, I could juggle.

Edgar Allan Poe

The writer who neglects punctuation, or mispunctuates, is liable to be misunderstood for the want of merely a comma, it often occurs that an axiom appears a paradox, or that a sarcasm is converted into a sermonoid.

Misunderstood, Neglects, Occurs, Sarcasm, Sermonoid, Want

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The boundaries which divide Life from Death are at best shadowy and vague. Who shall say where the one ends, and where the other begins?

Begins, Death, Inspirational, Life, Shadowy

I am walking like a bewitched corpse, with the certainty of being eaten by the infinite, of being annulled by the only existing Absurd.

Absurd, Bewitched, Certainty, Eaten, Infinite

Beauty of whatever kind, in its supreme development, invariably excites the sensitive soul to tears.

Beauty, Carpe Diem, Excites, Fall, Kind, Sensitive

Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there, wondering, fearing, doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before.

Art, Deep, Doubting, Dream, Love, Mortal

There are moments when, even to the sober eye of Reason, the world of our sad humanity must assume the aspect of Hell.

Aspect, Eye, Humanity, Reason, Sad, World

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Leo Tolstoy

Pierre looked into the sky, into the depths of the retreating, twinkling stars. "And all this is mine, and all this is in me, and all this is me!" thought Pierre. "And all this they've caught and put in a shed and boarded it up!

Depth, Looked, Sky, Stars, Thought, Twinkling

Warren G. Bennis

Leadership is like beauty - it's hard to define but you know it when you see it.

Define, Hard, Knows, Leadership, See

Harold Evans

Actions are always more complex and nuanced than they seem. We have to be willing to wrestle with paradox in pursuing understanding.

Action, Complex, Nuanced, Paradox, Understanding, Willing

Gene Wilder

A lot of comic actors derive their main force from childish behavior. Most great comics are doing such silly things; you'd say, 'That's what a child would do.

Behavior, Children, Derive, Silly, Stupid

Jim Butcher