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But I do not actually remember being a monster. I just remember wanting my own way.

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Neil GaimanThe Ocean at the End of the Lane

I wanted to shout down to him, to warn him that he was giving flowers to a monster, but I did not.

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Neil GaimanThe Ocean at the End of the Lane

Where there is a monster, there is a miracle.

The word miracle, as pronounced by Christian churches, gives a false impression; it is a monster. It...

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We cannot, of course, disprove God, just as we can't disprove Thor, fairies, leprechauns and the Fly...

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They thought man was a creature of rapacious self-interest, and yet they wanted him to be free- free...

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Richard HofstadterThe American Political Tradition and the Men Who Made It

The artist must bow to the monster of his own imagination.

The monster nevers dies.

Eddie discovered one of his childhood's great truths. Grownups are the real monsters, he thought.

Kill you all!" The clown was laughing and screaming. "Try to stop me and I'll kill you all! Drive yo...

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Never tell to much. The monster is always scarier when it is still under the child's bed.

The most detestable wickedness, the most horrid cruelties, and the greatest miseries, that have affl...

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It is clear that the individual who persecutes a man, his brother, because he is not of the same opi...

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And we all know love is a glass which makes even a monster appear fascinating.

It is conventional to call 'monster' any blending of dissonant elements. I call 'monster' every orig...

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You can't stop a soldier from being frightened but you can give him motivation to help him overcome ...

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People," Geralt turned his head, "like to invent monsters and monstrosities. Then they seem less mon...

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When people shine a little light on their monster, we find out how similar most of our monsters are.

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Anne LamottBird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life

In this business, until you're known as a monster you're not a star.

You know what I am." The words breathed out in an auguished whisper. "I'm part demon, Clary. Part de...

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If ever a car was created by designers with dreams of grandeur, it had to be the 1958 Buick Limited:...

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Don't do it! Stay away from your potential. You'll mess it up, it's potential, leave it. Anyway, it'...

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Well you found us strength and solutions but I liked the tensionAnd not always knowing the answers w...

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Marriage must incessantly contend with a monster that devours everything: familiarity.

I am afraid a monster is grown that will devour all of us. Yet we must fight him.

Sometimes I think there's a beast that lives inside me, in the cavern that's where my heart should b...

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Jodi PicoultHandle with Care

There was no black or white. Someone who had been good her entire life could, in fact, do something ...

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What freedom men and women could have, were they not constantly tricked and trapped and enslaved and...

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Furthermore, we have not even to risk the adventure alone; for the heroes of all time have gone befo...

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Joseph CampbellThe Hero With a Thousand Faces

The Monster Ball is by nature a protest: A youth church experience to speak out and celebrate agains...

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I always thought they were fabulous monsters!" said the Unicorn. "Is it alive?""It can talk," said H...

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Lewis CarrollAlice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking-Glass