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Capt. Jack Aubrey: Do you see those two weevils Doctor? Dr. Stephen Maturin: I do. Capt. Jack Aubrey: Which would you choose? Dr. Stephen Maturin: Neither. There is not a scrape of difference between them they are the same species of curculio. Capt. ...

Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World

Day will move on and live his life. So will I. We will be okay. Someday, perhaps in the far and distant future, we'll find each other again.

Champion

It was how it had been with the madman among the tombs, that their number was legion, far in excess at any rate if the number listed on the back of the door as the room's maximum occupancy.

Chance

Oh, they don't allow the Bible in Heaven, Miss Mary...It contains far too much sex and violence.

Cherubs!

For individuals and organizations alike, a reputation is far easier to destroy than it is to build.

Crisis, Issues and Reputation Management: A Handbook for PR and Communications Professionals

If you tried to doubt everything you would not get as far as doubting anything. The game of doubting itself presupposes certainty.

On Certainty

As far as I’m concerned, this is the worst thing that’s happened since I found out why Magnus was banned from Peru.

City of Lost Souls

If I follow the inclination of my nature, it is this: beggar-woman and single, far rather than queen and married.

Collected Works

Men go to far greater lengths to avoid what they fear than to obtain what they desire.

The Da Vinci Code

Jesus' love for you far outweighs your expectations of Him.

Dancing with God: First Year Thoughts on the Loss of My Daughter

People are so stupid. They think they've got the whole puzzle figured out, but they're really so far off.

Deadly Little Games

I saw above a sea of hills A solitary planet shine, And there was no one, near or far, to keep the world from being mine.

Dark of the Moon

He gave me a gift, a surprise. It was my first present in this place so far from home.

Dispatches from the Republic of Otherness

And fairy tales are make-believe. They are the stories we tell to small children to make them believe the world is a far better place than it really is.

Deep Into the Soul

The finger in the jar atop the entertainment center served as a reminder: death was far kinder than the fate Juanita could have suffered at the hands of that other man.

Dog Tags

The history of literature is very far from being one of simple progress.

English Literature in the Sixteenth Century: Excluding Drama

I've learned far too much to know everything.

Everyone Agrees: Book I: Words, Ideas, and a Universal Morality

This supreme instance of Troy's goodness fell upon Gabriel's ears like the thirteenth stroke of a crazy clock.

Far from the Madding Crowd

Trust me, somewhere over the rainbow, happily ever after, etcetera, etcetera - looks far less likely in your mid-thirties.

Fallen Elements

You should try not to talk so much, friend. You'll sound far less stupid that way. - Breeze

The Final Empire

Far from being marginalized, as is presently the case, nineteenth-century freethought was a social movement at the core of our national life.

Free-Thought on the American Frontier