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I will remember this, thought Ender, when I am defeated. To keep dignity, and give honor where it's due, so that defeat is not disgrace. And I hope I don't have to do it often.

But it seems alone, completely alone in the universe, a piece of a shipwreck in the Atlantic width

Imagine my surprise, nay, my consternation, when without moving from his privacy, Bartleby, in a singular mild, firm voice, replied, "I would prefer not to."

Of such a letter, Death himself might well have been the post-boy.

Ahab and aguish lay stretched together in one hammock.

Warmest climes but nurse the cruellest fangs: the tiger of Bengal crouches in spiced groves of ceaseless verdure. Skies the most effulgent but basket the deadliest thunders: gorgeous Cuba knows...

..for we all are dreadfully cracked about the head, and sadly need mending..

So true it is, and so terrible, too, that up to a certain point the thought or sight of misery enlists our best affections; but, in certain special cases, beyond that point it does not. they err who...

Out of the trunk, the branches grow; out of them, the twigs. So, in productive subjects, grow the chapters.

This slavery breeds ugly passions in man.

If the last to know he's an addict is the addict, then maybe the last to know when a man means what he says is the man himself, he reflected.

all the land our forefathers had was a little strip of country, here between the mountains and the ocean. All the way from here west was Indian country, and Spanish and French and English country. It...

I fell, you see. Trod on my abbot, Father Habit. Oh, dear! I mean...

Just as the children of the Adamites stare in calm and steadfastly away from the breast and they are breastfed as if they lived two lives together - while they were the physical food they are still...

The three boats were put in place in a compassion on the surface of the rolling water while they were staring at the blue noon, and it did not emit from the depths of the blue or a shout, no, no...

And this tattooing, had been the work of a departed prophet and seer of his island, who, by those hieroglyphic marks, had written out on his body a complete theory of the heavens and the earth, and a...

Give not thyself up, then, to fire, lest it invert thee, deaden thee; as for the time it did me. There is a wisdom that is woe; but there is a woe that is madness. And there is a Catskill eagle in...

Hopefully, I mean the sea and the righteousness, do you not see them as a strange similarity to something stable in yourself? Just as this tremendous ocean is surrounded by this green righteousness,...

These characters depend to such a high degree on their own sense of integrity that for them, victory has nothing to do with happiness. It has more to do with a settling within oneself, a movement...

In Romania, during the communist regime, we were very culturally suppressed. At 18 years old, I wasn't allowed to wear bell-bottom jeans and eyeliner. I couldn't understand why!

Poetry is not only a set of words which are chosen to relate to each other; it is something which goes much further than that to provide a glimpse of our vision of the world.

I really cherish the memories I have of my trips. For some reason, when you travel, it's like your mind picks up on the fact that this is something uncharacteristic, so it tunes in more acutely and...

Mental prayer in my opinion is nothing else than an intimate sharing between friends it means taking time frequently to be alone with Him who we know loves us. The important thing is not to think much...

'Harry Potter' gave me back self-respect. Harry gave me a job to do that I loved more than anything else.

There are two main pitfalls on the road to mastery of the art of prayer. If a person gets what he asks for his humility is in danger. If he fails to get what he asks for he is apt to lose confidence....

By prayer the ability is secured to feel the law of love to speak according to the law of love and to do everything in harmony with the law of love.

Courage is never letting your actions be influenced by your fears.

Different function is a function of different system

I need them to be aware and present with me in the midst of the storm, not just tell me what to do.

There is a dark place calling to me, but I will not go just yet. I know I can't return from it.

Mykl d'Angelo groaned where he sat slumped in his chair. The irritating noise was unsettling his pet dog lying on his lap. The wickerwork garden chair creaked pleasantly under him and some native...

In the late hours of the night, befriend the prayer mat.

We may be happy but just don't know it yet. Many want to rebuke themselves for not finding the threshold of well-being, since they simply haven't learnt to be nice to themselves and to enjoy the...