Astonishing Quotes
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But hope has an astonishing resilience and strength. Its very persistence in our hearts indicates that it is not a tonic for wishful thinkers but the ground on which realists stand.
Kathleen Norris
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In spite of all these disquieting triumphs in the field of natural science, it's astonishing how little man has learned about himself, and how much there is to learn. How little we know about this brain which made social evolution possible, and of the mind. How little we know of the nature and spirit of man and God. We stand now before this inner frontier of ignorance. If we could pass it, we might well discover the meaning of life and understand man's destiny.
Wilder Penfield
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A man will do astonishing things for a woman he is ardent about.
Celeste Bradley
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When one is in a good sound rage, it is astonishing how calm one can be.
Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton
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I think Yelena Akhtiorskaya is a genius. What she manages to do, linguistically and emotionally, in the span of a single sentence, is astonishing.
Keith Gessen
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The astonishing purity of pain, how it will not be mixed with any other sensation.
Charles Baxter