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db859f7 TRIPPING OVER JOY What is the difference Between your experience of Existence And that of a saint? The saint knows That the spiritual path Is a sublime chess game with God And that the Beloved Has just made such a Fantastic Move That the saint is now continually Tripping over Joy And bursting out in Laughter And saying, "I Surrender!" Whereas, my dear, I am afraid you still think You have a thousand serious moves." Hafez
3cb5432 No one is an unjust villain in his own mind. Even - perhaps even - those who are the worst of us. Some of the cruelest tyrants in history were motivated by noble ideals, or made choices that they would call 'hard but necessary steps' for the good of their nation. We're all the hero of our own story. heroism tyranny Jim Butcher
a9dee4a Nobody can be bad at everything. There's no such thing as a perfect screwup. humor Jim Butcher
3f88942 I don't look for love. Love looks for me." "Why?" "Because it needs me. Because I'm not afraid of it. inspirational inspirational-life inspirational-love inspirational-love-quotes inspirational-quotes love C. JoyBell C.
369bb10 Fortune does favor the bold and you'll never know what you're capable of if you don't try. business career inspirational self-help women Sheryl Sandberg
dc64508 Today is the oldest you've ever been, and the youngest you'll ever be again. inspirational live Eleanor Roosevelt
7b088fd Then hate me when thou wilt; if ever, now hate inspirational love shakespeare uplifting William Shakespeare
3476cc1 It's not whether you got knocked down; it's whether you get back up. inspirational Vince Lombardi
d2bab39 feminism is for everybody inspirational bell hooks
9fb0434 To plant a garden is to believe in tomorrow. hope inspirational Audrey Hepburn
91d3b44 He loved me. He loved me, but he doesn't love me anymore, and it's not the end of the world. Jennifer Weiner
147f0fb Beware the dark pool at the bottom of our hearts. In its icy, black depths dwell strange and twisted creatures it is best not to disturb. human-nature monsters warnings Sue Grafton
ebbfb04 But just because you can never reach it, doesn't mean that it's not worth looking for. Norton Juster
67f653b Life is a train, get on board. Khaled Hosseini
710c96c There was so much goodness in my life. So much happiness. I wondered whether I deserved any of it. Khaled Hosseini
abf1755 I have spied for you and lied for you, put myself in mortal danger for you. Everything was supposed to be to keep Lily Potter's son safe. Now you tell me you have been raising him like a pig for slaughter -- J.K. Rowling
7937dc9 You see, I, unlike you, have been made a prefect, which means that I, unlike you, have the power to hand out punishments." "Yeah," said Harry, "but you, unlike me, are a git." humor prefect J.K. Rowling
21b60b1 What sticks to memory, often, are those odd little fragments that have no beginning and no end... Tim O'Brien
f766405 What was she like?" I tell the truth. "She was my dream. She made me who I am, and holding her in my arms was more natural to me than my own heartbeat. I think about her all the time. Even now, when I'm sitting here, I think about her. There could never be another." Nicholas Sparks
df1a803 A book is as private and consensual as sex. Chuck Palahniuk
438d1cd 15. WHENEVER I WENT OUT TO PLAY, MY MOTHER WANTED TO KNOW EXACTLY WHERE I WAS GOING TO BE When I'd come in, she'd call me into her bedroom, take me in her arms, and cover me with kisses. She'd stroke my hair and say, 'I love you so much,' and when I sneezed she'd say, 'Bless you, you know how much I love you, don't you?' and when I got up for a tissue she'd say, 'Let me get that for you I love you so much,' and when I looked for a pen to do.. Nicole Krauss
9957dc7 Beware when making a woman cry. God is counting her tears. Paulo Coelho
3e1d93c Death frees from the fear of dying Paulo Coelho
0ef2d63 The walls weren't moving, and the room was open - gaping. No colors, but shades of darkness, of night . Only those star-flecked violet eyes were bright, full of color and light. He gave me a lazy smile before he leaned forward. I pulled away, but his hands were like shackles. I could do nothing as his mouth met with my cheek, and he licked away a tear. His tongue was hot against my skin, so startling that I couldn't move as he licked away a.. freyre rhys rhysand sassy stop-crying Sarah J. Maas
faaff53 Because your human joy fascinates me--the way you experience things, in your life span, so wildly and deeply and all at once, is ... entrancing. I'm drawn to it, even when I know I shouldn't be, even when I try not to be. Sarah J. Maas
e67aded Justice? -You get justice in the next world, in this world you have the law. law William Gaddis
cf1c592 Dive deep. Drown willingly christian inspirational Ted Dekker
3970b21 But to tear down a factory or to revolt against a government or to avoid repair of a motorcycle because it is a system is to attack effects rather than causes; and as long as the attack is upon effects only, no change is possible. The true system, the real system, is our present construction of systematic thought itself, rationality itself, and if a factory is torn down but the rationality which produced it is left standing, then that ratio.. Robert M Pirsig
61f3a21 Never ask people about your work. Ayn Rand
9c41e16 I suppose our capacity for self-delusion is boundless. John Steinbeck
a3c61f8 Because she is afraid of not being supported, she unknowingly pushes away the support she needs. John Gray
bb4ed7a Let no one think of me that I am humble or weak or passive; let them understand I am of a different kind: dangerous to my enemies, loyal to my friends. To such a life glory belongs. Euripides
8137a37 We realized that the version of the world they rendered for us was not the world they really believed in... world Jeffrey Eugenides
616fc5b But we are alone, darling child, terribly, isolated each from the other; so fierce is the world's ridicule we cannot speak or show our tenderness; for us, death is stronger than life, it pulls like a wind through the dark, all our cries burlesqued in joyless laughter; and with the garbage of loneliness stuffed down us until our guts burst bleeding green, we go screaming round the world, dying in our rented rooms, nightmare hotels, eternal h.. Truman Capote
b40fd34 I wonder if people will ever say, "Let's hear about Frodo and the Ring." And they'll say, "Yes, that's one of my favorite stories. Frodo was really courageous, wasn't he, Dad?" "Yes, m'boy, the most famousest of hobbits. And that's saying a lot." lord-of-the-rings middle-earth sam-gamgee tolkien J.R.R. Tolkien
97f9be4 As the man said, for every complex problem there's a simple solution, and it's wrong. Umberto Eco
ff88627 My father is the harbinger of death and destruction. My grandmother the Great Destroyer. My mother is the goddess of the hunt. I think I'll be okay. (Kat) Yeah, you do have the history of absolute terror and cruelty in your veins. (Sin) Remember that if you ever come between me and my chocolate bar. (Kat) Sherrilyn Kenyon
0cf1a8b Yes you're getting your tattoo." I threw my arms around Dad's neck. "Thank you!" "Hey," Mom said. "I'm the one who had to persuade him it wasn't turning his little girl into a streetwalker." "I never said that," Dad said. "No?" I said. "Cool. Cause I've decided to skip the paw print. I'm thinking of a tramp stamp with flames that says 'Hot in Here.' No wait. Arrows. For directionally challenged guys" Kelley Armstrong
441fe4b We are all exceptional cases. We all want to appeal against something! Each of us insists on being innocent at all cost, even if he has to accuse the whole human race and heaven itself. Albert Camus
247109b But sometimes it takes more courage to live than to shoot yourself. Albert Camus
0f59203 Life sucks, and then you die. Yeah, I should be so lucky. life twilight Stephenie Meyer
d2741b4 VLADIMIR: What do they say? ESTRAGON: They talk about their lives. VLADIMIR: To have lived is not enough for them. ESTRAGON: They have to talk about it. Samuel Beckett
3bb845a Reputation is an idle and most false imposition; oft got without merit, and lost without deserving.(Iago, Act II, scene iii) William Shakespeare
4b2aeeb turn him into stars and form a constellation in his image. His face will make the heavens so beautiful that the world will fall in love with the night and forget about the garish sun. male-beauty true-love William Shakespeare