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My writing has to support more than my research habit, ...

My writing has to support more than my research habit, but I love to curl up with a book about some dusty corner of history.

Quote by Lynn Abbey about habits, research, writing, history, love

It is here, my daughters, that love is to be found - not hidden away in corners but in the midst of occasions of sin. And believe me, although we may more often fail and commit small lapses, our gain will be incomparably the greater.

Quote by Sfanta Tereza De Avila about sin, love

O Holy Spirit, descend plentifully into my heart....

O Holy Spirit, descend plentifully into my heart. Enlighten the dark corners of this neglected dwelling and scatter there Thy cheerful beams.

Quote by Augustin de Hipona about dark, heart, spirit

At any street corner the feeling of absurdity can strike...

At any street corner the feeling of absurdity can strike any man in the face.

Quote by Albert Camus about opinion, man, face

Dogs are wise. They crawl away into a quiet corner and...

Dogs are wise. They crawl away into a quiet corner and lick their wounds and do not rejoin the world until they are whole once more.

Quote by Agatha Christie about animals, quiet, world

Love is not enough. It must be the foundation, the...

Love is not enough. It must be the foundation, the cornerstone-but not the complete structure. It is much too pliable, too yielding.

Quote by Bette Davis about love

When one relationship was breaking up very unhappily, and...

When one relationship was breaking up very unhappily, and there didn't seem to be another one around the corner, I went back to England.

Quote by Julie Christie

That's when I decided I wanted to rap. I'd hang out on...

That's when I decided I wanted to rap. I'd hang out on the corner where kids would be rhyming, and when I tried to get in there, I'd get dissed.

Quote by Eminem

I remember one of my first jobs, there was an old guy who...

I remember one of my first jobs, there was an old guy who had a fruit stand, I think it was Seven Corners; I helped him out one summer.

Quote by Jim Fowler about old, olderness

In my business, it's sort of like getting your teeth cleaned. New York has a pub on every corner and at the end of the day, everybody ends up at the pub.

Quote by Billy Joel about end, affair, day

Any instrument when dropped will roll into the least...

Any instrument when dropped will roll into the least accessible corner.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about technology

No matter where you go you always cut corners.

No matter where you go you always cut corners.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about cars

When you think you've cornered someone, they'll call in...

When you think you've cornered someone, they'll call in their friends and combine into a huge lumbering giant who will promptly crush you.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy

While that amendment failed, human cloning continues to advance and the breakthrough in this unethical and morally questionable science is around the corner.

Quote by Mike Pence about science, human imperfections

And all around is the desert; a corner of the mournful...

And all around is the desert; a corner of the mournful kingdom of sand.

Quote by Pierre Loti about literature

I definitely feel I do have God in my corner.

I definitely feel I do have God in my corner.

Quote by Chuck Norris about god

Forgotten calls Behind the point of lines. The void Covers sadness. Only the wind blows Rusty snow In corners. Oh, calls without spirit and without Splendor. The smiling is covered with verdigris And beggars are changing their...

Quote by Romulus Cojocaru about poetry, sadness, destiny, spirit, moment

Exhausted sunset I have seen Reality trailing its changing shadow behind: blue nebulae crouching in the corner of your eye an exhausted sunset pinning down a patch of sky - of course, I’m trying to explain all this to you, especially...

Quote by Otilia Nicolescu about poetry, shadow, smile, sky, reality, world

Life is adventure, not predicament. Amazement awaits us...

Life is adventure, not predicament. Amazement awaits us at every corner. If you don’t fill your days with love, you are wasting your life.

Quote by James Broughton about life, adventure, day, love

Forgetten / in a corner / on the table layes the unclear...

Forgetten / in a corner / on the table layes the unclear verse / in a file of light / like a patient in a freezing cold.

Quote by Maria Pal about poetry, light

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