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1c3f4b4 What is the Other?" they ask. The Other is the one who taught me whatI should be like, but not what I am. The Other believes that it is our obligation to spend our entire life thinking about how to get our hands on as much money a possible so that we will not die of hunger when we are old. So we think so much about money and our plans for acquiring it that we discover we are alive only when our days on earth are practically done. And then i.. Paulo Coelho
dae9c95 I controlled the jealousy I feel because of you, and I'm happy with that. You know why? Because I always have to show I'm worthy of your love. I have to fight for our marriage, for our union, in ways that have nothing to do with our children. I love you. I would endure anything, absolutely anything, to always have you by my side. But I can't stop you from leaving one day. So if that day comes, you are free to leave and seek your happiness. .. Paulo Coelho
686b753 I only invoked what you already knew. Paulo Coelho
7733e78 Love was above everything else, and there was no hatred in love, only the occasional mistake. Paulo Coelho
79fb381 To realize one's destiny is a person's only real obligation and when you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it. inspiration life motivation Paulo Coelho
24c5d3a Something else an academic education will do for you. If you go along with it any considerable distance, it will begin to give you an idea what size mind you have. What'll fit and, maybe, what it won't. After a while, you'll have an idea what kind of thoughts your mind should be wearing. For one thing, it may save you an extraordinary amount of time trying on ideas that won't suit you, aren't becoming to you. You'll begin to know your true .. J.D. Salinger
554b34c Did you ever get fed up?' I said. 'I mean did you ever get scared that everything was going to go lousy unless you did something? J.D. Salinger
5d5f4a5 No matter what argument you make against evolution, the response is Yes, and it's possible to believe in Spiderman and believe in God, but that doesn't prove Spiderman is true. humor politics Ann Coulter
d976ff6 The world, my friend Govinda, is not imperfect or confined at a point somewhere along a gradual pathway toward perfection. No, it is perfect at every moment. Hermann Hesse
befb0a4 Trees are sanctuaries. Whoever knows how to speak to them, whoever knows how to listen to them, can learn the truth. They do not preach learning and precepts, they preach, undeterred by particulars, the ancient law of life. Hermann Hesse
423deb7 I felt knowledge and the unity of the world circulate in me like my own blood. knowledge siddhartha unity world Hermann Hesse
e4b767c We) consist of everything the world consists of, each of us, and just as our body contains the genealogical table of evolution as far back as the fish and even much further, so we bear everything in our soul that once was alive in the soul of men. Every god and devil that ever existed, be it among the Greeks, Chinese, or Zulus, are within us, exist as latent possibilities, as wishes, as alternatives. If the human race were to vanish from th.. Hermann Hesse
586d4d0 Happiness is based on a just discrimination of what is necessary, what is neither necessary nor destructive, and what is destructive Ursula K. Le Guin
ae1b637 Not even need and love can defeat fate... love need Ursula K. Le Guin
4af1955 The explorer who will not come back or send back his ships to tell his tale is not an explorer, only an adventurer; and his sons are born in exile. journey metaphorical research travel Ursula K. Le Guin
4115f74 Where do men find it in themselves to do such monstrous things? monstruous Sarah J. Maas
42b8aba Arobynn hit her-her ribs, her jaw, her gut. And her face. Again and again and again. Careful blows, meant to inflict as much pain as possible without doing permanent damage. And Sam kept roaring, shouting words that she couldn't quite hear over the agony. The last thing she remembered was a pang of guilt at the sight of her blood staining Arobynn's exquisite red carpet. And then darkness, blissful darkness, full of relief that she hadn't se.. sam Sarah J. Maas
3e454d2 Rumor has it she was your Champion this fall. Do you wish to deal with this?" Dorian said smoothly, "You will find, Rolfe, that one does not deal with Celaena Sardothien. One survives her." ... Aelin and Aelin looked at each other. The one in black grinned up at the newcomer. "Oh, you ARE gorgeous, aren't you?" ... Aelin and Lysandra fixed the warrior with an unimpressed look that would have sent lesser men running." Sarah J. Maas
3ff08c9 She never bothered to look down. Sarah J. Maas
c615bd1 You would be surprised by how closely the healing of physical wounds is tied to the healing of emotional ones. Sarah J. Maas
797abaa His smile faded into something awed, something......reverent, and I reached out to cup his face in my hands- To find my skin glowing. Faintly, as if some inner light shone beneath my skin, leaking out into the world. Warm and white light, like the sun-like a star. Those wonder-filled eyes met mine, and Rhys ran a finger down my arm. "Well, at least now I can gloat that I can literally make my mate glow with happiness." Sarah J. Maas
6db641d The Queen of Flame and Shadow, the Heir of Fire, Aelin of the Wildfire, Fireheart . . . She burned through each title, even as she became them, became what those foreign ambassadors had hissed when they reported on a child-queen's growing, unstable power in Terrasen. A promise that had been whispered into the blackness. pg522 Sarah J. Maas
549e4ac She paused, frowning at him. But his eyes drifted to the small wooden door just a few feet away. A broom closet. She followed his attention, and a slow smile spread across her face. She turned toward it, but he grabbed her hand, bringing his face close to hers. "You're going to have to be very quiet." She reached the knob and opened the door, tugging him inside. "I have a feeling that I'm going to be telling you that in a few moments," she .. Sarah J. Maas
8698b1b Because I am from Terrasen and believed my queen dead. And now she is alive, and fighting, so I will fight with her. So that no other girls will be taken from their homes and brought to Morath and forgotten. eos spoilers Sarah J. Maas
ff1b537 She had believed she could love Sam and not pay the price. Everything has a price, she'd once been told by a Spidersilk merchant in the Red Desert. How right he was. Sarah J. Maas
346ff7e Those two in the antechamber," he added, eyes sparkling, "might not be on that list of people you should bother knowing, if they keep banging on the door like children." Another pound, emphasized by the first male voice saying, "You know we can hear you, prick." "Secondly," Rhys went on, "in regard to the two bastards at my door, it's up to you whether you want to meet them now, or head upstairs like a wise person, take a nap since you're s.. Sarah J. Maas
46d5380 You and this city helped wake me up--helped bring me back to life." His eyes flickered as I smiled up at him. "I will fight with everything I have, too, Rhys. Everything." He" Sarah J. Maas
702810e His eyes gleamed, and he buried his face between my breasts again, hands caressing my back. "I love you," he breathed. "More than life, more than my territory, more than my crown." Sarah J. Maas
acb3595 They obeyed, as wise men do when a woman puts her foot down . . . Terry Pratchett
885e541 See a pin and pick it up, and, all day long, you'll have a pin. paraphrased Terry Pratchett
c50a6f0 You know what?' said Vimes aloud. 'This is going to be the world's first democratically killed dragon. One man, one stab.' Then you've got to stop them. You can't let them kill it!' said Lady Ramkin. Vimes blinked at her. Pardon?' he said. It's wounded!' Lady, that was the intention, wasn't it? Anyway, it's only stunned,' said Vimes. I mean you can't let them kill it like ,' said Lady Ramkin insistently. 'Poor thing!' What do you want to d.. compassion Terry Pratchett
4a572c2 Sometimes the crime follows the punishment, which only serves to prove the foresight of the Great God." "That's what my grandmother used to say," said Brutha automatically. "Indeed? I would like to know more about this formidable lady." "She used to give me a thrashing every morning because I would certainly do something to deserve it during the day," said Brutha. "A most complete understanding of the nature of mankind," punishment religion Terry Pratchett
38f0f86 He said that there was death and taxes, and taxes was worse, because at least death didn't happen to you every year. taxes Terry Pratchett
8dee16f Murder was in fact a fairly uncommon event in Ankh-Morpork, but there were a lot of suicides. Walking in the night-time alleyways of The Shades was suicide. Asking for a short in a dwarf bar was suicide. Saying 'Got rocks in your head?' to a troll was suicide. You could commit suicide very easily, if you weren't careful. discworld pratchett suicide Terry Pratchett
3f8c86c The Departure Aria, a very important and romantic song - Terry Pratchett
a30f544 It is well known that a vital ingredient of success is not knowing that what you're attempting can't be done. A person ignorant of the possibility of failure can be a half-brick in the path of the bicycle of history. Terry Pratchett
16f0dec They know that people need witches; they need the unofficial people who understand the difference between right and wrong, and when right is wrong and when wrong is right. The world needs the people who work around the edges. They need the people who can deal with the little bumps and inconveniences. And little problems. After all, we are almost all human. Almost all of the time. Terry Pratchett
e6b3d3f Personal isn't the same as important. Terry Pratchett
b05389b Nor had he, as far as he knew, ever believed in anything. It had been embarrassing, because he quite wanted to believe in something, since he recognized that belief was the lifebelt that got most people through the choppy waters of Life. He'd have liked to believe in a supreme God, although he'd have preferred a half-hour's chat with Him before committing himself, to clear up one or two points. He'd sat in all sorts of churches, waiting for.. Terry Pratchett
3dcaaf9 Witches were a bit like cats. They didn't much like one another's company but they did like to know where all the other witches were, just in case they needed them. And what you might need them for was to tell you, as a friend, that you were beginning to cackle. witches Terry Pratchett
1a938c7 But the helmet had gold decoration, and the bespoke armorers had made a new gleaming breastplate with useless gold ornamentation on it. Sam Vimes felt like a class traitor every time he wore it. He hated being thought of as one of those people that wore stupid ornamental armor. It was gilt by association. humor politics puns Terry Pratchett
608a270 We cannot know the future. All we can do is face it bravely. We should take heed of those we love and respect. But in the end, we make every decision alone. juliet-marillier seer-of-sevenwaters sevenwaters Juliet Marillier
fbd4d59 Even in that time of utter darkness, somewhere deep inside me the memory of love and goodness had stayed alive. Juliet Marillier
40d90fb absence can be present, like a damaged nerve, like a dark bird Audrey Niffenegger