Kingsley watched her disappear from the room, wondering if his heart would break. Logic informed him that of course it would not. The heart was no more than a muscle, a pump which distributed blood about the body.
BEN ELTONI find the fact that billionaires are quoted as if the fact that they are billionaires gives them some kind of wisdom is outrageous.
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Books are the key. A book cannot be accessed from afar. You have to hold it, you have to read it.
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If only the strength of the love that people feel when it is reciprocated could be as intense and obsessive as the love we feel when it is not; then marriages would be truly made in heaven.
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I resent the creation of a world in which beauty is a reminder of what we’re losing rather than a celebration of what we have.
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We’ve all got to look at ourselves, start with yourself, that’s all you can do. I believe that we can act responsibly as a group, it’s just that there are vested interests telling us not to bother.
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Beyond love, beyond unrequited love, perhaps even beyond any other passion known to humanity, deep, deep in the depths of the turgid, clinging, swamplike pit of despair that lies dormant within every soul, lurks JEALOUSY.
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You think I look like a teletubby?
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I find the fact that billionaires are quoted as if the fact that they are billionaires gives them some kind of wisdom is outrageous.
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I see dull people as projects … to be reformed
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I’m lucky because the strongest emotion I have ever felt is being in love, and that definitely informs my writing.
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Leaders should never, ever try to look cool – that’s for dictators
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My parents were secular. I am an atheist.
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There are lots of things I could have done for the money, but I’ve made a great living doing the things I want to do.
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I’m easy to work with, not a pushover, but I respond to criticism and find it inspiring.
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Artists don’t create society, they reflect it
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I loved writing ‘Two Brothers’ more than anything else I have written. It’s the first book I’ve written that I’ve always known I wanted to write. Having said that, it also kept me awake at nights.
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