5,159 Quotes About Mean


  • Author Gena Showalter
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    A little tip for you, Winged Wonder. Don't threaten the woman you want to seduce." See Annabelle take control. He reached out, gently brushed his fingertip along her collarbone. "If it means saving your life, I'll do more than threaten you. I'll follow through. Best you realize that now, rather than cry foul later.

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  • Author Gena Showalter
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    He gulped. "No, we aren't done chatting. Why aren't you afraid of dying?" "Everything and everyone has an end," she said. "I mean, you're going to be killed soon and though I loathe the thought, you don't see me crying about that, either. I know what will happen, and I accept what cannot be changed. I'm trying to live while I can. While WE can. Dwelling on the bad is what destroys all hints of joy.

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  • Author Georg Simmel
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    Music and love are the only accomplishments of humanity which do not, in an absolute sense, have to be called attempts with unsuitable means.

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  • Author George Saunders
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    The most hopeful thing in the stories, I hope, is wit. I make it up. If I make up a world in which we're ruled by big talking turds, it doesn't mean that we are. So you shouldn't feel depressed...

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  • Author George Saunders
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    So many people mentioned this at these rallies. You go to these things and it's kind of like an oldies concert. I mean, it's not hostile.

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  • Author George Santayana
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    Culture is on the horns of this dilemma: if profound and noble it must remain rare, if common it must become mean.

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  • Author George Saunders
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    Toni Morrison seems to have a lot of faith in people - that's what I mean by gentle power.

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  • Author George Saunders
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    Working with language is a means by which we can identify the bullshit within ourselves (and others).

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