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- Happiness in marriage is entirely a matter of chance. If the dispositions of the parties are ever so well known to each other or ever so similar beforehand, it does not advance their felicity in the least. They always continue to grow sufficiently unlike afterwards to have their share of vexation; and it is better to know as little as possible of the defects of the person with whom you are to pass your life.
- Jane Austen (1775 - 1817), Pride and Prejudice, 1811
- Neither enemy faces, nor the mothers that love them, come to mind when one is thinking of nothing but endeavouring to survive. Philosophising about war is useless under fire.
- Linda Berdoll, Mr. Darcy Takes A Wife, 2004
- If the weak hand, that has recorded this tale, has, by its scenes, beguiled the mourner of one hour of sorrow, or, by its moral, taught him to sustain it - the effort, however humble, has not been vain, nor is the writer unrewarded.
- Ann Radcliffe (1764 - 1823), The Mysteries of Udolpho, 1764
- I'm a fan of laundry: the smell of fabric softener, the warm clothes in your hands. It's so good.
- Joss Whedon, Zack Whedon, Maurissa Tancharoen, and Jed Whedon, Dr. Horrible's Sing Along Blog, 2008
- People choose the paths that grant them the greatest rewards for the least amount of effort.
- David Shore, House M.D., Pilot, 2004
- We have been told we cannot do this by a chorus of cynics. They will only grow louder and more dissonant in the weeks to come. We've been asked to pause for a reality check; we've been warned against offering the people of this nation false hope. But in the unlikely story that is America, there has never been anything false about hope.
- Barack Obama (1961 - ), New Hampshire Democratic Primary Speech, 01-08-08
- It was a creed written into the founding documents that declared the destiny of a nation.
Yes we can.
It was whispered by slaves and abolitionists as they blazed a trail towards freedom through the darkest of nights.
Yes we can.
It was sung by immigrants as they struck out from distant shores and pioneers who pushed westward against an unforgiving wilderness.
Yes we can.
- Barack Obama (1961 - ), New Hampshire Democratic Primary Speech, 01-08-08
- Grief is Newark. It's there. Can't avoid it. The idea is to hold your nose, hope the traffic's not too bad and get on to Manhattan as quickly as possible.
- Eli Attie, House M.D., Dying Changes Everything, 2008
- You're supposed to trust friends. You have no reason to be his friend? That is part of the pleasure of friendship: trusting without absolute evidence and then being rewarded for that trust.
- David Shore, House M.D., Not Cancer, 2008
- Most men's awareness doesn't extend past their dinner plates.
- Scott Westerfeld, Leviathan, 2009
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