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80e564b You are, after all, what you think. Your emotions are the slaves to your thoughts, and you are the slave to your emotions. inspirational thoughtful Elizabeth Gilbert
6b47495 He walked out in the gray light and stood and he saw for a brief moment the absolute truth of the world. The cold relentless circling of the intestate earth. Darkness implacable. The blind dogs of the sun in their running. The crushing black vacuum of the universe. And somewhere two hunted animals trembling like ground-foxes in their cover. Borrowed time and borrowed world and borrowed eyes with which to sorrow it. life the-road thoughtful Cormac McCarthy
d0f5cfe But the effect of her being on those around her was incalculably diffusive: for the growing good of the world is partly dependent on unhistoric acts; and that things are not so ill with you and me as they might have been, is half owing to the number who lived faithfully a hidden life, and rest in unvisited tombs. life inspirational thoughtful George Eliot
e310b25 I don't know if I will have the time to write any more letters, because I might be too busy trying to participate. So, if this does end up being the last letter, I just want you to know that I was in a bad place before I started high school, and you helped me. Even if you didn't know what I was talking about, or know someone who's gone through it, you made me not feel alone. Because I know there are people who say all these things don't happen. And there are people who forget what it's like to be sixteen when they turn seventeen. I know these will all be stories some day, and our pictures will become old photographs. We all become somebody's mom or dad. But right now, these moments are not stories. This is happening. I am here, and I am looking at her. And she is so beautiful. I can see it. This one moment when you know you're not a sad story. You are alive. And you stand up and see the lights on the buildings and everything that makes you wonder. And you're listening to that song, and that drive with the people who you love most in this world. And in this moment, I swear, we are infinite. thoughtful Stephen Chbosky
251cf20 He licked his lips. 'Well, if you want my opinion-' 'I don't, ' She said. 'I have my own. self-belief thoughtful Toni Morrison
81fdbd3 Farewell has a sweet sound of reluctance. Good-by is short and final, a word with teeth sharp to bite through the string that ties past to the future. goodbye thoughtful John Steinbeck
c078fad More than the sound of my own beating heart, I miss the sound of a ticking clock. Time passes. It must pass.... thoughtful Beth Revis
ae0a77a Plants are more courageous than almost all human beings: an orange tree would rather die than produce lemons, whereas instead of dying the average person would rather be someone they are not. be-yourself acting adage adages aphorisms audacity axiom axioms balls cojones conforming courageousness dictum dictums fit-in hardihood heroism herself human-being intrepidity made-me-think make-you-think maxims motivated moxie murder murdered oneself persons pluckiness pretender pretenders profound provoke-thought quotation spunk standout themselves true-grit daring humour bravery courage inspired people human fear quote inspiration inspire death motivational humor inspirational fearful actor saying lemons conform animal pluck courageous lemon plants nerve boldness motive plant words-to-live-by killed gnomes nonconformity orange maxim tree brave actors façades act grit epigram epigrams gnome produce deep fitting-in valour proverbs facade aphorism pretending quotations sayings pretend conformity gallantry peoples guts standing-out trees animals satire satirical self thought-provoking person himself yourself quotes human-beings thoughtful insightful proverb humans kill fearlessness dead fruit fruits die Mokokoma Mokhonoana
d6e3782 Three is the number of those who do holy work; Two is the number of those who do lover's work; One is the number of those who do perfect evil Or perfect good. thoughtful Clive Barker
01b3a26 A brain was only capable of what it could conceive, and it couldn't conceive what it had never experienced mind human concieve capable experience thoughtful Graham Greene
ebb15fe ...just remember, darling, it is pain that changes our lives. inspirational thoughtful Steve Martin
15d62f3 Time flies with you mitch-albom the-time-keeper thoughtful Mitch Albom
95d9cbe If losers can exploit what their adversaries teach them, yes, losers can become winners in the long term. perspectives winning interesting thoughtful losing David Mitchell
48b4fb5 It's fall coming, I kept thinking, fall coming; just like that was the strangest thing ever happened. Fall. Right outside here it was spring a while back, then it was summer, and now it's fall-that's sure a curious idea. thoughtful Ken Kesey
e4de27a "I need a break after school," she told me later. "School is hard because a lot of people are in the room, so you get tired. I freak out if my mom plans a play date without telling me, because I don't want to hurt my friends' feelings. But I'd rather stay home. At a friend's house you have to do the things other people want to do. I like hanging out with my mom after school because I can learn from her. She's been alive longer than me. We have thoughtful conversations. I like having conversations because they make people happy." happy thoughts feelings learning play mom introverts quiet introvert home thoughtful school Susan Cain
4b27f5c It's the problem with mistakes, they tend to linger. deep-thoughts thoughtful mistakes Maria V. Snyder
bdf0b3b Mad Hatter: Am I going mad? Alice: Yes, you're mad, bonkers, off the top of your head...but...I'll tell you a secret. All the best people are. inspiration thoughtful Lewis Carroll
e3bcad8 "We Japanese, on the other hand, know our egos are nothing. We bend our egos, all of the time, and that is where we differ. That is the fundamental difference, Hatsue. We bend our heads, we bow and are silent, because we understand that by ourselves alone, we are nothing at all, dust in a strong wind, while the 'hakujin' believes his aloneness is everything, his separateness is the foundation of his existence. He seeks and grasps, seeks and grasps for his separateness, while we seek union with the Greater Life--you must see that these are distinct paths we are travelling, Hatsue, the 'hakujin' and we Japanese" (p. 176)." inspirational provocative thoughtful David Guterson
4269c03 Aim for the chopping block. If you aim for the wood, you will have nothing. Aim past the wood, aim through the wood; aim for the chopping block. outdoors thoughtful Annie Dillard
36dbedc The most powerful thought is a prayerful thought. When I'm praying for you, I am praying for my own peace of mind. I can only have for myself what I am willing to wish for you. prayer kindness empathy compassion blessings-quotes peace-of-mind prayer-quotes prayerful-habits prayerful-life prayers-answered wish-creation wishes-fulfilled power-of-love giving charity sharing generosity selflessness prosperity inner-peace thoughtful power-of-thoughts Marianne Williamson
3fd42cf Introspection does not need to be a still life. It can be an active alchemy. psychological philosophical thoughtful introspection psychology Anaïs Nin
1e5711f We're better off not worrying about ourselves, and to do that, we have to worry about others. compassion life landry pearl-in-the-mist v-c-andrews ourselves others worrying human-beings thoughtful V.C. Andrews
94bb6b8 She was thinner than she had been. The thing ate only sparingly. Enough to keep Kasia alive, not enough to keep me from watching her wear away, her body growing gaunt and her face hollow-cheeked. inspirational thoughtful Naomi Novik
0b343e7 He thought the library door would never open again, but that he would be left to live out the rest of his life rooted to the spot on the library carpet, afraid to move a muscle lest the house fall upon his shoulders. He deliberately shrugged them and shuffled his feel just to prove to himself that it could be done. imaginative anxiousness thoughtful Mary Balogh
c54ad9f The spirit and soul are the body and brain, which are destructible-that is precisely why they are so precious. thoughts spirit inspirational-quotes living life-lessons life wisdom inspirational surviving-life people-of-color wise-words soul-searching security thoughtful survival soul Ta-Nehisi Coates
a945c61 Ich war durch meine furchterliche Situation gezwungen, diese Spaltung in ein Ich Schwarz und ein Ich Weiss zumindest zu versuchen, um nicht erdruckt zu werden von dem grauenhaften Nichts um mich. personality third-reich thoughtful Stefan Zweig
8fb72d2 Reaching the finish line isn't possible without beginning the first step of the journey. Start today, don't wait. new-author thoughtful mystery M. Gail Grant
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