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I don't know half of you half as well as I should like; and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve.
          - JRRT -

She was beautiful, but she was beautiful in the way a forest fire was beautiful: something to be admired from a distance, not up close. 
          - TP -

You don't argue with a four-year old about why he shouldn't eat candy for dinner. You don't punch a mentally handicapped guy even if he punches you first. And you don't argue when a womanl tells you she's only making 80 cents to your dollar. It's the path of least resistance. You save your energy for more important battles.
          - SA -

I love a question I can’t answer. It keeps things interesting.
          - REF -

“Are you a storyteller, Thomas Covenant?"
          Absently he replied, "I was, once."
          "And you gave it up? Ah, that is as sad a tale in three words as any you might have told me. But a life without a tale is like a sea without salt. How do you live?"
          ... Unconsciously, he clenched his fist over his ring. "I live."
          "Another?" Foamfollower returned. "In two words, a story sadder than the first. Say no more -- with one word you will make me weep.” 
          - SD -

People will often do imponderable things because of how they feel, not because of what they think.
          - REF -

Give a man a fire and he's warm for a day, but set fire to him and he's warm for the rest of his life. 
          - TP -

You can do a lot in a lifetime if you don't burn out too fast
           - NP -

When you deliberately distort and selectively present the truth, you lie.
          - CK -

The Chief Defect of Henry King
          Was chewing little bits of String.
          At last he swallowed some which tied
          Itself in ugly knots inside.
          - HB -