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e7cc08f I am. I am, I exist, I think, therefore I am; I am because I think, why do I think? I don't want to think any more, I am because I think that I don't want to be, I think that I . . . because . . . ugh! Jean-Paul Sartre
bccb3b6 The mind can go either direction under stress--toward positive or toward negative: on or off. Think of it as a spectrum whose extremes are unconsciousness at the negative end and hyperconsciousness at the positive end. The way the mind will lean under stress is strongly influenced by training. Frank Herbert
9b31ad6 I was talking aloud to myself. A habit of the old: they choose the wisest person present to speak to J.R.R. Tolkien
4187350 Farewell! O Gandalf! May you ever appear where you are most needed and least expected! J.R.R. Tolkien
61cea17 At a certain point in our lives, we lose control of what's happening to us, and our lives become controlled by fate. That's the world's greatest lie. Paulo Coelho
c958db9 If there is any possible consolation in the tragedy of losing someone we love very much, it's the necessary hope that perhaps it was for the best. Paulo Coelho
ee37da0 She was terrific to hold hands with. Most girls if you hold hands with them, their goddam hand dies on you, or else they think they have to keep moving their hand all the time, as if they were afraid they'd bore you or something. Jane was different. We'd get into a goddam movie or something, and right away we'd start holding hands, and we wouldn't quit till the movie was over. And without changing the position or making a big deal out of it.. J.D. Salinger
8adb8d7 Forgiveness is a gift of high value. Yet its cost is nothing. Betty Smith
263d53e I've always had a weakness for lost causes once they're really lost. Margaret Mitchell
29b6a19 Zen masters say you cannot see your reflection in running water, only in still water. love elizabeth-gilbert pray Elizabeth Gilbert
067d8b4 You think this is a trap then?" the Count asked. "I always think everything is a trap until proven otherwise," the Prince answered. "Which is why I'm still alive." William Goldman
c368a8a I never understood why anyone would have sex on the floor. Until I was with you and I realized: you don't ever realize you're on the floor. sex David Levithan
237d1a4 Never argue when you're winning. Laurell K. Hamilton
c2a57e0 The only way to overcome sadness is to consume it. Jonathan Safran Foer
4ec7ef4 To be natural is such a very difficult pose to keep up. Oscar Wilde
75d0b61 To write is human, to edit is divine. inspirational Stephen King
67e27f0 Habit 1: Be Proactive Habit 2: Begin with the End in Mind Habit 3: Put First Things First Habit 4: Think Win/Win Habit 5: Seek First to Understand, Then to Be Understood Habit 6: Synergize Habit 7: Sharpen the Saw Stephen Covey
2b6b975 Swift as a deer. Quiet as a shadow. Fear cuts deeper than swords. Quick as a snake. Calm as still water. arya-stark game-of-thrones George R.R. Martin
8cf50db Then there was Nico di Angelo. Dang, that kid gave Leo the freaky-deakies. He sat back in his leather aviator jacket, his black T-shirt and jeans, that wicked silver skull ring on his finger, and the Stygian sword at his side. His tufts of black hair struck up in curls like baby bat wings. His eyes were sad and kind of empty, as if he'd stared into the depths of Tartarus--which he had. nico-di-angelo leo-valdez Rick Riordan
a4547eb Leo: I'm almost out of gas! Woah, that came out wrong. I meant the burning kind! Rick Riordan
29ebbb4 So I am to sit here and feed you information," Cardan says, leaning against a hickory tree. "And you're to go charm royalty? That seems entirely backward." I fix him with a look. "I can be charming. I charmed you, didn't I?" He rolls his eyes. "Do not expect others to share my depraved tastes." Holly Black
1efb611 I am not a smart man, particularly, but one day, at long last, I stumbled from the dark woods of my own, and my family's, and my country's past, holding in my hands these truths: that love grows from the rich loam of forgiveness; that mongrels make good dogs; that the evidence of God exists in the roundness of things. This much, at least, I've figured out. I know this much is true. inspirational Wally Lamb
3e095ee life is truly known only to those who suffer, lose, endure adversity, & stumble from defeat to defeat. inspirational anaïs nin
2c7d8de My only regrets are the moments when i doubted myself and took the safe route. Life is too short to waste time being unhappy. dan-howell danisnotonfire happiness life inspirational youtube Dan Howell
b82512c Go for it, while you can. I know you have it in you. And I can't promise you'll get everything you want, but I can promise nothing will change if you don't try. sempre life inspirational risks promises J.M. Darhower
6a1fecc What am I living for and what am I dying for are the same question. Margaret Atwood
e2398dc My mother is a fish. William Faulkner
2cc7815 The sea, the snotgreen sea, the scrotumtightening sea. lyrical irish sea James Joyce
f29bfdd But, first, remember, remember, remember the signs. Say them to yourself when you wake in the morning and when you lie down at night, and when you wake in the middle of the night. And whatever strange things may happen to you, let nothing turn your mind from following the signs. And secondly, I give you a warning. Here on the mountain I have spoken to you clearly: I will not often do so down in Narnia. Here on the mountain, the air is clear.. C.S. Lewis
7bc9d94 The fiercest anger of all, the most incurable, Is that which rages in the place of dearest love. love bitterness Euripides
a76bb77 There's a lot of magic between you too, ain't no denying that. And magic makes forgettin' hard. magic love no-denying Nicholas Sparks
fba913c I love to smell flowers in the dark," she said. "You get hold of their soul then." L.M. Montgomery
554d30c People are afraid to pursue their most important dreams, because they feel that they don't deserve them, or that they'll be unable to achieve them. Paulo Coelho
baad2bc When he watched her sleeping, he often thought, My heart lies vulnerable outside my chest. Kresley Cole
1978813 When you want to know how things really work, study them when they're coming apart. engineering psychoanalysis psychology William Gibson
3b84a23 When a thing is funny, search it carefully for a hidden truth. truth George Bernard Shaw
580d014 I was angry with my friend: I told my wrath, my wrath did end. I was angry with my foe; I told it not, my wrath did grow. And I water'd it in fears, Night & morning with my tears; And I sunned it with my smiles And with soft deceitful wiles. And it grew both day and night, Till it bore an apple bright; And my foe beheld it shine, And he knew that it was mine, And into my garden stole When the night had veil'd the pole: In the .. William Blake
f1da09d I know this is stupid, but part of me felt like if I could come see you today, if I could convince you to go with me tonight, then maybe I could still change things. It's dumb, I know. It's not like Levana cares if I, you know, might have actual feelings for someone. Marissa Meyer
faf00c7 Still it might be nice, once in a while, not to have to choose between evils. Just once, couldn't I choose the lesser good? humor Laurell K. Hamilton
42096a0 There is so mortifying as to fall in love with someone who does not share one's sentiments. Georgette Heyer
105c4ec It is perfectly monstrous,' he said, at last, 'the way people go about nowadays saying things against one behind one's back that are absolutely and entirely true. humor truth oscar-wilde Oscar Wilde
83bc3f9 Traveling, I am finding, teaches you a lot of things about yourself. For instance, I never thought myself to be the kind of person who pees into a mostly empty bottle of Bluefin energy drink while driving through South Carolina at seventy-seven miles per hour - but in face I am that kind of person. John Green
1a9c203 The king lifted a hand to her cheek and kissed her. It was not a kiss between strangers, not even a kiss between a bride and groom. It was a kiss between a man and his wife, and when it was over, the king closed his eyes and rested his forehead in the hollow of the queen's shoulder, like a man seeking respite, like a man reaching home at the end of the day. Megan Whalen Turner
4af9968 Seriously, who has monogrammed pajamas? Rick Riordan