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- An author spends months writing a book, and maybe puts his heart's blood into it, and then it lies about unread till the reader has nothing else in the world to do.
- W. Somerset Maugham (1874 - 1965), The Razor's Edge, 1943
- 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
- A house that does not have one worn, comfy chair in it is soulless.
- May Sarton
- You do what you have to do to give people closure; it makes them feel better and it doesn't cost you much to do it. I'd rather apologize for something I didn't really care about and leave someone on Earth wishing me well.
- John Scalzi, Old Man's War, 2005
- Part of what makes us human is what we mean to other people, and what people mean to us.
- John Scalzi, Old Man's War, 2005
- There's something almost perfect in the ugly duckling syndrome. Because a sensitivity is tattooed on a part of you no one else can see but can somehow guess is there.
- Stephanie Klein, Moose, 2008
- I once read cooking is something you do for your family. But when you’re alone you sometimes have to treat yourself like family. And now that my apartment’s redolent with the smell of food it feels more like a home than a box where I hang my hat.
- Waiter Rant, Waiter Rant, 01-10-10
- I want to change the pop world one sequin at a time. Artists tend to take themselves way too seriously and don't enjoy the fun of making an impact on culture. I just have a good time and sequins represent a good time.
- Lady Gaga (1986 - ), BBC Breakfast, 04-21-09
- The lessons this life has planted in my heart pertain more to caring than crops, more to Golden Rule than gold, more to the proper choice than to the popular choice.
- Kirby Larson, Hattie Big Sky, 2006
- It seems the misfortune of one can plow a deeper furrow in the heart than the misfortune of millions.
- Kirby Larson, Hattie Big Sky, 2006
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