"A family can be the bane of one's existence. A family can also be most of the meaning of one's existence. I don't know whether my family is bane or meaning, but they have surely gone away and left a large hole in my heart."
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"Even though your thinking might not be right for others, just so long as it's right for you then that's all what matters."
"I always felt that Jim Morrison was a terrible name for the front man of The Doors. No, for a band called The Doors, a name like Rusty Hinge would have been more appropriate."
"Sooner or later in life everyone discovers that perfect happiness is unrealizable, but there are few who stop to consider the antithesis; that perfect unhappiness is equally unattainable."
"I plead with you--never, ever give up on hope, never doubt, never tire, and never become discouraged. Be not afraid."
"it is all very well for you to write simply and the simpler the better. But do not start to think so damned simply. Know how complicated it is and then state it simply."
"Success to me is being happy, truly fulfilled, being proud of myself, and doing different things all the time."
"He is your friend who pushes you nearer to God."
"There's always a choice,' said Torak, and walked backward off the cliff."
"Water can be as hard as ice and as soft as fog, which is why my love is so drinkable, because it is fluid and forgiving. It's easy to love until there's nothing left. Eventually, the water runs out, the ice melts, and the fog fades into an abyss.-Jarod Kintz and Karen Quan"
"It infuriates me to be wrong when I know I'm right."
"Truth is so obscure in these times, and falsehood so established, that, unless we love the truth, we cannot know it."
"Inspiration works well at boiling point."
"Some Semblance of Such "To lose one's identity to a Doppelgänger may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose multiple identities speaks of Nabakov."
"I work in a secret whisper factory. It’s all very hush-hush. Her love for me could be found there, if it could be found at all, but it can’t, because it’s invisible."
"Reflection is the lamp of the heart. If it departs, the heart will have no light."
"Fas est ab hoste doceri.One should learn even from one's enemies."
"The effort to understand the universe is one of the very few things that lifts human life a little above the level of farce, and gives it some of the grace of tragedy."
"Doldrums People who live in the doldrumscan't throw caution to the wind."
"Why can we throw a question further than we can pull in an answer?"
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