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Because even though the truth can set you free, that doesn't mean it won't be painful.
First time it's a stranger. Second time its just a coincidence. Third time it's a tail
If you don't mind me saying, Mr. Hale. She's a keeper." He pointed in Kat's direction.
Now I know that, from this point on, we'll be the ones doing the chasing. And Iike it.
...in the end, all I want is to be with him. It's the only way my life feels complete.
Vipassana meditation is not just seeing the things inside. It is also seeing the seer.
I know that right choices by definition are the means by which life crystallizes loss.
I've always loved reading manifestos. Collectively, they represent a triumph of style.
How hard it must be to keep fighting for a dream when that dream is probably a mirage.
The role of a writer is not to say what we all can say, but what we are unable to say.
Some people read to confirm their own hopelessness. Others read to be rescued from it.
A man who's never seen war is like a woman who's never given birth - soft in the head.
The worst place to be is in the middle. When elephants fight, the grass gets trampled.
We were not born with guilt nor obligation. When you give in to guilt, you endorse it.
Caring too much could be dangerous; I saw that now. But the alternative was no better.
I so enjoy it when people assume I'm stupid." "Not that, just very focused on killing.
I never knew I had the power to hurt him, only that he possessed the power to hurt me.
There are quiet ways to die where the body just doesn’t notice that the heart is gone.
Here in the enclave, one didn't prosper by demonstrating too much independent thought.
A life contemplating the blessings of Christ becomes a life acting the love of Christ.
God is always good and we are always loved... even when what He gives may appear ugly.
Every mountain that every Christian ever faces, the Lord levels with sufficient grace.
Lord Chesterfield designated ugly women as the third sex; how shall we place ugly men.
I think when people keep saying to you, "You're good at this," you just keep doing it.
Children should have enough freedom to be themselves - once they've learned the rules.
If you can just actually let the character be for a bit, then you get the right sense.
Sympathy, Love, Fortune... We all have these qualities but still tend to not use them!
Don't condemn me, remember rather that sometimes I, too, can reach the bursting point.
There's something happening everyday, but I'm too tired and lazy to write it all down.
Only when a tree has fallen can you take the measure of it. It is the same with a man.
Ideally, both members of a couple in love free each other to new and different worlds.
Most of the interesting people I've ever met have been deviant in one form or another.
It can be a long gap between the emergence of fully researched historical biographies.
I don't like it, but this afternoon I've told myself I am going to go and get a dress.
I just don't want to cozy up to the guy whose girl I have every intention of stealing.
The essence of leadership is being able to see the iceberg before it hits the Titanic.
I don't like the idea of [having] a thick skin. I think we [should] be more childlike.
One should either write ruthlessly what one believes to be the truth, or else shut up.
Smells, like music, hold memories. She breathed deep, and bottled it up for posterity.
I'll give up my bad habits as soon as equally satisfying good habits become available.
Due to circumstances beyond my control, I am master of my fate and captain of my soul.
Sometimes the most urgent and vital thing you can possibly do is take a complete rest.
By using your intelligence, you can sometimes make your problems twice as complicated.
Life is too important to be taken as a joke, but too ridiculous to be taken seriously.
At any moment, I could start being a better person...but which moment should I choose?
According to the latest official figures, 43% of all statistics are totally worthless.
It's all very simple, or else it's all very complex, or perhaps it's neither, or both.
Humankind would improve if we concentrated less on being human and more on being kind.
As far as I'm concerned, ageing is humanity's worst problem, by some serious distance.
The only real security is the ability to build your own fires and find your own peace.