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“Certain thoughts are prayers. There are moments when, whatever be the attitude of the body, the soul is on its knees.”
― Victor Hugo

“You must acquire the trick of ignoring those who do not like you. In my experience, those who do not like you fall into two categories: the stupid, and the envious. The stupid will like you in five years time, the envious never.”
― Stephen Jeffreys, The Libertine

“An envious heart can't be original.”
― Toba Beta, Master of Stupidity

“Songs and smells will bring you back to a moment in time more than anything else. It's amazing how much can be conjured with a few notes of a song or a solitary whiff of a room. A song you didn't even pay attention to at the time, a place that you didn't even know had a particular smell. I wonder what will someday bring back Dex and our few months together. Maybe the sound of Dido's voice. Maybe the scent of the Aveda shampoo I've been using all summer.”
― Emily Giffin, Something Borrowed

“I've got nothing to do today but smile.”
― Simon and Garfunkel

“In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on.”
― Robert Frost

“It's not denial. I'm just selective about the reality I accept.”
― Bill Watterson

“Why didn't I learn to treat everything like it was the last time. My greatest regret was how much I believed in the future.”
― Jonathan Safran Foer, Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close

“How did it get so late so soon?”
― Dr. Seuss

“As anyone who has ever been around a cat for any length of time well knows cats have enormous patience with the limitations of the human kind.”
― Cleveland Amory, The Cat Who Came for Christmas

“If cats looked like frogs we'd realize what nasty, cruel little bastards they are. Style. That's what people remember.”
― Terry Pratchett, Lords and Ladies

“Soul meets soul on lovers lips.”
― Percy Bysshe Shelley

“Though nothing can bring back the hour
Of splendor in the grass, of glory in the flower;
We will grieve not, rather find
Strength in what remains behind;
In the primal sympathy
Which having been must ever be...”
― William Wordsworth

“Your hand and your mouth agreed many years ago that, as far as chocolate is concerned, there is no need to involve your brain.”
― Dave Barry

“Ladies who play with fire must remember that smoke gets in their eyes.”
― Mae West

“She behaves as if she was beautiful. Most American women do. It is the secret of their charm.”
― Oscar Wilde

“Everything you can imagine is real.”
― Pablo Picasso

“A ship is safe in harbor, but that's not what ships are for.”
― John A. Shedd

“Never make a decision until you have to.”
― Randy Pausch, The Last Lecture

“If a man wants you, nothing can keep him away. If he doesn't want you, nothing can make him stay.”
― Oprah Winfrey

“You will always be fond of me. I represent to you all the sins you never had the courage to commit.”
― Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray

“Deserve your dream.”
― octavio paz

“Think like a wise man but communicate in the language of the people.”
― William Butler Yeats

“Remember that everyone you meet is afraid of something, loves something and has lost something.”
― H. Jackson Brown

“God answers all prayers, but sometimes his answer is 'no'.”
― Dan Brown, Angels & Demons

“I have nothing to declare except my genius.”
― Oscar Wilde

“The greatest tragedy of the family is the unlived lives of the parents.”
― Carl Gustav Jung

“Where wisdom reigns, there is no conflict between thinking and feeling.”
― Carl Gustav Jung

“Science and religion are not at odds. Science is simply too young to understand.”
― Dan Brown, Angels & Demons

“Don't criticize what you can't understand.”
― Bob Dylan