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“There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self.”
― Ernest Hemingway

“Courage is grace under pressure.”
― ernest hemingway

“When people talk, listen completely. Most people never listen.”
― Ernest Hemingway

“Never think that war, no matter how necessary, nor how justified, is not a crime.”
― Ernest Hemingway, Ernest Hemingway: A Literary Reference

“As a writer, you should not judge, you should understand.”
― Ernest Hemingway

“I love sleep. My life has the tendency to fall apart when I'm awake, you know?”
― Ernest Hemingway

“I write when I'm inspired, and I see to it that I'm inspired at nine o'clock every morning. ”
― Peter De Vries

“He resented such questions as people do who have thought a great deal about them. The superficial and slipshod have ready answers, but those looking this complex life straight in the eye acquire a wealth of perception so composed of delicately balanced contradictions that they dread, or resent, the call to couch any part of it in a bland generalization. The vanity (if not outrage) of trying to cage this dance of atoms in a single definition may give the weariness of age with the cry of youth for answers the appearance of boredom.”
― Peter De Vries, The Blood of the Lamb

“The murals in restaurants are on par with the food in museums.”
― Peter De Vries

“The boys on the island vary, of course, in numbers, according as they get killed and so on; and when they seem to be growing up, which is against the rules, Peter thins them out; but at this time there were six of them, counting the twins as two. Let us pretend to lie here among the sugar-cane and watch them as they steal by in single file, each with his hand on his dagger.”
― J.M. Barrie, Peter Pan and Wendy

“Dear Valentine, I love you. Whoever you are.”
― Charles M. Schulz, The Complete Peanuts, 1971-1972

“I love mankind ... it's people I can't stand!!”
― Charles M. Schulz

“Sometimes I lie awake at night, and I ask, 'Where have I gone wrong'.
Then a voice says to me, 'This is going to take more than one night.”
― Charlie Schultz

“Try not to have a good time...this is supposed to be educational.”
― Charles Schultz

“My life has no purpose, no direction, no aim, no meaning, and yet I'm happy. I can't figure it out. What am I doing right?”
― Charles M. Schulz

“Sometimes I lie awake at night and I ask, "Why me?", then a voice answers "Nothing personal, your name just happened to come up.”
― Charles Schulz

“I know the answer! The answer lies within the heart of all mankind! The answer is twelve? I think I'm in the wrong building.”
― Charles Schultz

“There is no greater burden than great potential.”
― Charles M. Schulz

“Well, I can understand how you feel. You worked hard, studying for the spelling bee, and I suppose you feel you let everyone down, and you made a fool of yourself and everything. But did you notice something, Charlie Brown?"
"What's that?"
"The world didn't come to an end.”
― Charles M. Schulz

“Lucy: You learn more when you lose
Charlie Brown: Well then I must be the smartest person in world!!!”
― Charles M. Schulz, Peanuts Treasury

“People shouldn't be embarrassed just because they get caught acting a little silly.”
― Charles Schulz

“It's either the flu or love... The synptoms are the same.”
― Charles M. Schulz

“Only in math can you buy sixty cantaloupes and no one asks what the hell is wrong with you.”
― Charles M. Schulz

“If you can't beat 'em, cooperate 'em to death!”
― Charles M. Schulz

“Never give your heart to a blockhead.”
― Charles M. Schulz

“Snowflakes fascinate me... Millions of them falling gently to the ground... And they say that no two of them are alike! Each one completely different from all the others... The last of the rugged individualists!”
― Charles M. Schulz

“The world is filled with unmarried marriage counselors.”
― Charles M. Schulz, The Complete Peanuts, 1973-1974

“I come from a long line of generations!”
― Charles Schulz

“I am not concerned with simply surviving. I am very concerned about improving. I start each day by examining yesterday's work and looking for areas where I can improve. I am always trying to draw the characters better, and trying to design each panel somewhat in the manner a painter would treat his canvas.”
― Charles M. Schulz, My Life with Charlie Brown

“My mind reels with sarcastic replies!”
― Charles M. Schulz, The Complete Peanuts, 1963-1964