There is a quote: "Not illness, but health is the great mystery." This may not be the exact phrasing, but the gist is that we are surrounded by germs and yet we remain healthy for the most part. Would anyone know the exact quote and/or the source? Thank you.

This sentence popped into my mind last week and I can't remember what it is from ( Read more... )

Hello,

Some writer was being interviewed on some show I was watching and I really really want to say it was Neil Gaiman on the Colbert Report, but I just rewatched that interview and didn't see the quote in there... either it got cut from the online clip and there's some extended version somewhere that has it, or I'm getting him confused with ( Read more... )

Okay, I have a quote stuck in my head, and it's out of its context which I can't remember, and I THINK it might be from a video game but I can't remember which one ( Read more... )

There is a quote from I think a tv show or a movie where someone says something to the effect of, people think they get what they deserve, but that's not true (because good things happen to bad people and vice versa)

It is NOT the quote about accepting the love we think we deserve.

I know this is totally random but it's been bugging me! Thanks.

This is going to be the vaguest ever. On tumblr the other day I saw a quote about practicing the piano. I don't remember a damn thing about it other than the fact that it was about practicing the piano, maybe something about how long you should practice or how you should practice every day...? I was dumb and didn't write it down, but now I want to ( Read more... )

I thought it was either St. Thomas Aquinas or St. Augustine, but I'm not finding anything when I try to google it. It's a quote along the lines of if you raise a child in the faith to the age of ten, he'll be Catholic forever, and I can't for the life of me remember the proper wording. Any help would be greatly appreciated!

I'm looking for a quote I read either on LJ or on my FB a while ago. I think it was by Margaret Atwood but I'm not 100% sure. It's a quote about how women are constantly influenced by the presence of men, even when they try to escape it. Every time they look in a mirror, everyday when they wake up, something like that. Definitely has a feminist ( Read more... )

Easy one; in fact, I can't believe I don't remember. Which Dr. Seuss book is this quote from?

"It may not seem very important, I know, but it is, and that's why I'm bothering telling you so."

Googling it only brought up a list of people who were not Dr. Seuss using the quote in their own work, without citing the book itself. Thanks in advance!

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I had this quote printed and pinned to my office cubicle many years ago, and someone just reminded me of it. I can't find it anywhere, however, as I don't exactly recall the wording ( Read more... )