"...he seemed to approach the grave as an hyperbolic curve approaches a line, less directly as he got nearer, till it was doubtful if he would ever reach it at all."

-- Thomas Hardy

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“Interlibrary loans are a wonder of the world and a glory of civilization.”

Source : Jo Walton (2011). “Among Others”, p.59, Macmillan
“The depth of my sorrow is the height of my joy.”
“Daniel Grigori!" Arriane hooted through her hands. "No!" Daniel hooted back without missing a beat.”
“I feel to invite women everywhere to rise to the great potential within you. I do not ask that you reach beyond your capacity. I hope you will not nag yourselves with thoughts of failure. I hope you will not try to set goals far beyond your capacity to achieve. I hope you will simply do what you can do in the best way you know. If you do so, you will witness miracles come to pass.”
“So far from engaging in a war to perpetuate slavery, I am rejoiced that Slavery is abolished. I believe it will be greatly for the interest of the South. So fully am I satisfied of this that I would have cheerfully lost all that I have lost by the war, and have suffered all that I have suffered to have this object attained.”

Source : Statement to John Leyburn on May 01, 1870. "R. E. Lee: A Biography" by Douglas Southall Freeman, 1934.
“I'm get really into jackets from movies, Keanu Reeves' jackets and that, I don't know why, I just have such a thing for them.”
“With a mind not diseased, a holy life is a life of hope, and at the end of it, death is a great act of hope.”

Source : "Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers" by Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, (p. 328), 1895.
“You know the only thing for me, obviously the routine was completely different, but I had plenty of time getting loose. I threw enough pitches, took my time. Tried to time it out as best I could.”

Source : Source: m.mlb.com

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