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I have never taken any exercise, except sleeping and resting, and I never intend to take any. Exercise is loathsome. And it cannot be any benefit when you are tired; I was always tired.

Autobiography of Mark Twain: Volume 1, Reader's Edition

If Fred's history will seem less unbiased then some would wish, let it never be overlooked that it is no small task to record a history of hate when one is among the hated.

The American People: Volume 1: Search for My Heart: A Novel

I am the keeper of the beast, though all men harbor a beast in the depths of their heart -- callous, calamitous creatures, driven by deviant demands and derisive diligence. -- From the short story What Rough Beast

Immortal Memories: Volume I

If the Devil says you cannot pray when you are angry, tell him it is none of his business, and pray until that species of insanity is dispelled and serenity is restored to the mind. (p. 175)

Journal of Discurses, Volume 10

Wish not for treasure you can hold, No gleaming jewels, bright and cold, For finer still than pearl or gold, The treasure of a tale well told...

Jim Henson's The Dark Crystal: Creation Myths, Volume 1

You're such an optimist Kane -- that's your problem. You only end up disappointed.

Kane Volume 1: Greetings From New Eden: Greetings from New Eden v. 1

Upon the one thing every writer absolutely must have, and that is intellectual curiosity.

R.A. Salvatore's War of the Spider Queen, Volume II: Extinction, Annihilation, Resurrection

There are 3 reasons for why you can't beat me. First, I'm better looking than you are. Second, your blows are too light. And third, there's nothing in the world I can't tear up.

Samurai Deeper Kyo, Volume 03

It is my belief, Watson, founded upon my experience, that the lowest and vilest alleys in London do not present a more dreadful record of sin than does the smiling and beautiful countryside.

Sherlock Holmes: The Complete Novels and Stories, Volume I

One should be a painter. As a writer, I feel the beauty, which is almost entirely colour, very subtle, very changeable, running over my pen, as if you poured a large jug of champagne over a hairpin.

The Letters of Virginia Woolf: Volume Six, 1936-1941

In fact a favourite problem of is—Given the molecular forces in a mutton chop, deduce Hamlet or Faust therefrom. He is confident that the Physics of the Future will solve this easily.

Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley - Volume 1

Negative Capacity, that is when a man is capable of being in uncertainties, Mysteries, doubts, without any irritable reaching after fact & reason.

The Letters of John Keats: Volume 1, 1814 1818: 1814 1821

Rather than walk about holy places we can thus pause in our thoughts, examine our heart, and visit the wheel promised land.

Luther's Works, Volume 54: Table Talk (Luther's Works

His hands are saying that he wants to hold her. His feet are saying that he wants to chase after her... He's probably forgotten that I'm here, beside him

Tenshi Nanka Ja Nai Kanzenban, Volume 1

I think one travels more usefully when they travel alone, because they reflect more." ( June 19, 1787)

The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 11: January 1787 to August 1787

I spent an hour looking at pots and carpets in the museums the other day, until the desire to describe them became like the desire for the lusts of the flesh.

The Question of Things Happening: The Letters of Virginia Woolf, Volume 2: 1912-1922

Words borrowed of antiquity do lend a kind of majesty to style, and are not without their delight sometimes.

The Works of Ben Jonson: With critical and explanatory notes and a memoir by William Gifford. Volume 2

Albert Einstein’s equation, E=MC2, is considered to be a theory. Despite being one, we have been able to use it to produce the energy we need to power our cities, as well as the bombs to destroy the same.

Your Wishes Fulfilled: Volume 1: Theory

Regardless of how far we have come, we are still looking for answers. While many are being answered, what we really want to know is how we can make our lives better.

Your Wishes Fulfilled: Volume 1: Theory

Everyone wants wealth to some extent or another, but few have it. The difference between those who have wealth and those who do not is that the former exert their will to turn what they want into a reality.

Your Wishes Fulfilled: Volume 1: Theory

It does not matter if you are asking for health, for happiness, for financial wealth, or for all three. It doesn’t matter if you have no idea how this will come to you. Neither does it matter if you have no reason to expect it to.

Your Wishes Fulfilled: Volume 1: Theory