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Detective fiction1 quote
That's the part of it I always liked. He adjusted himself to beams falling, and then no more of them fell, and he adjusted himself to them not falling. — Dashiell Hammett · 1930Economic literature1 quote
The power to become habituated to his surroundings is a marked characteristic of mankind. — John Maynard Keynes · 1919Philosophical literature1 quote
The art of living is more like wrestling than dancing, for it requires that we should stand ready and firm to meet onsets which are sudden and unexpected. — Marcus Aurelius · 180Political speech1 quote
The dogmas of the quiet past, are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must rise with the occasion. As our case is new, so we must think anew, and act anew. We must disenthrall ourselves, and then we shall save our country. — Abraham Lincoln · 1862Post-colonial literature1 quote
Ammu said that human beings were creatures of habit, and it was amazing the kind of things they could get used to. — Arundhati Roy · 1997Science fiction1 quote
There's no secret to balance. You just have to feel the waves. — Frank Herbert · 1985