"It is not sufficiently considered in the hour of exultation, that all human excellence is comparative; that no man performs much but in proportion to what other accomplish, or to the time and opportunities which have been allowed him."

-- Samuel Butler

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“I know you don't want this, Katsa. But I can't help myself. The moment you came barreling into my life I was lost. I'm afraid to tell you what I wish for, for fear you'll... oh, I don't know, throw me into the fire. Or more likely, refuse me. Or worst of all, despise me," he said, his voice breaking and his eyes dropping from her face. His face dropping into his hands. "I love you," he said. "You're more dear to my heart than I ever knew anyone could be. And I've made you cry; and there I'll stop.”

Source : Kristin Cashore (2009). “Graceling”, p.231, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
“Sanity ... is the most profound moral option of our time.”

Source : Renata Adler (2013). “Speedboat”, p.8, New York Review of Books
“Algebra messed up one of those divisions between things that help you make sense of the world and keep it tidy. Letters make words; figures make numbers. They had no business getting tangled up together.”

Source : Mal Peet (2006). “Tamar”, Walker Books Limited
“Abraham," he said. "I'm pleased to see you alive, old friend." "And I to see you dead.”
“If everyone used the Internet to share the things they created themselves, what would that look like? I think it makes objects special again. I guess I'm not really advocating for no objects in the world, but rather the idea of creating within our present means.”
“We can understand the science of what makes a heart beat, but we can never stop it from breaking.”

Source : Beth Harbison (2011). “Always Something There to Remind Me”, p.28, Macmillan
“The philosophy of one century is the common sense of the next.”
“Thus self-love as one part of human nature, and the several particular principles as the other part, are, themselves, their objects and ends, stated and shown.”

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