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"Much of what was said did not matter, and that much of what mattered could not be said."

"Your pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding."

"To survive, you must tell stories."

"I believe that Gandhi’s views were the most enlightened of all the political men in our time. We should strive to do things in his spirit: not to use violence in fighting for our cause, but by non-participation in anything you believe is evil."

"Today is a new day. Don't let your history interfere with your destiny! Let today be the day you stop being a victim of your circumstances and start taking action towards the life you want. You have the power and the time to shape your life. Break free from the poisonous victim mentality and embrace the truth of your greatness. You were not meant for a mundane or mediocre life!"

"I have learned now that while those who speak about one's miseries usually hurt, those who keep silence hurt more."

"It's enough for me to be sure that you and I exist at this moment."

"The fruit of empty hopes is more bitter than the saddest truth."

"I been silent so long now it’s gonna roar out of me like floodwaters and you think the guy telling this is ranting and raving my God; you think this is too horrible to have really happened, this is too awful to be the truth! But, please. It’s still hard for me to have a clear mind thinking on it. But it’s the truth even if it didn’t happen."

"Scared is what you're feeling. Brave is what you're doing."

"The truth is the last thing that matters,' she said. 'And you can believe one thing of the truth and me: I keep it well hidden, inside my heart."

"You can't let the truth bring out the worst and let it get the best of you."

"The aim of science is to discover and illuminate truth. And that, I take it, is the aim of literature, whether biography or history... It seems to me, then, that there can be no separate literature of science."

"The greatest blessing granted to mankind come by way of madness, which is a divine gift."

"The ideals which have always shone before me and filled me with joy are goodness, beauty, and truth."

"Perhaps when we find ourselves wanting everything, it is because we are dangerously close to wanting nothing."

"If you believe what you like in the Gospel, and reject what you don't like, it is not the Gospel you believe, but yourself."

"It's partly true, too, but it isn't all true. People always think something's all true."

"There are three types of lies -- lies, damn lies, and statistics."

"What my parents kept failing to understand was how happy I was when I was alone with my books. There was no pressure to perform or be cute, and books never disappoint-- unless, of course, you've chosen a bad one. But then, you can always put it down and pick up another one without any repercussions."