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We lose stories every day because they drift out of use and into the vast limbo of in-copyright, out-of-print books whose ownership is unclear.
— Nick Harkaway
Woe to the rash mortal who seeks to know that of which he should remain ignorant, and to undertake that which surpasseth his power!
— William Beckford
You must cultivate poverty of spirit. Blessed are the meek. She didn't go on to say anything about inheriting the earth.
— Margaret Atwood
Shine without guilt. Modesty was invented by the mediocres who think you should be the same as them.
— Paulo Coelho
I cannot shy away from controversy. I don't know if it's my Irish blood, but I love it.
— Gina McCarthy
Happiness is living by inner purpose, not by outer pressures. Happiness is having a sense of meaning, not a feeling of futility.
— David W Augsburger
A fish might more easily live on the apex of a rock than a man accustomed to crime live a life of virtue. ("The Story of Prince Barkiarokh")
— William Beckford
No course was open to me save to leap, with eyes self-bound, into the yawning abyss of the future.
— William Beckford