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"If you loved someone, you couldn’t let lies come between you. No matter what happened—even if you’d already lost each other forever—you owed each other the truth."
"Rise to the occassion which is life!"
"The primary source of the appeal of Christianity was Jesus - His incarnation, His life, His crucifixion, and His resurrection."
"Whatever you do in life, surround yourself with smart people who'll argue with you."
"I cannot encourage any fabrication even for the sake of making people feel good. If I were to fabricate consciously and knowingly, I would not only be ordaining myself their enemy, but also ordaining myself God's enemy."
"Life is much more successfully looked at from a single window."
"Faith is taking the first step even when you don't see the whole staircase."
"I am not what you are. I am only what I can see. I am me."
"You have played, (I think) And broke the toys you were fondest of, And are a little tired now; Tired of things that break, and— Just tired. So am I."
"Silence is expansive, filling up a whole room in seconds, like a balloon filled with awkwardness. It’s amazing how saying nothing can be so different from having nothing to say."
"88. People wonder why so many writers come to live in Paris. I’ve been living ten years in Paris and the answer seems simple to me: because it’s the best place to pick ideas. Just like Italy, Spain.. or Iran are the best places to pick saffron. If you want to pick opium poppies you go to Burma or South-East Asia. And if you want to pick novel ideas, you go to Paris."
"Love is always being given where it is not required."
"You never get mad,” she said when their server left the table. “Except at me.”“That’s not true,” he said tightly. “Torie can get me going.”“Torie doesn’t count. You were obviously her mother in a previous life."
"CONCERNED BUT NOT CONSUMED!"
"You’re not a bad person, you’re just a little bit different and I’m a sucker for that."
"You can't judge a book by it's cover but you can sure sell a bunch of books if you have a good one."
"I have found God, but he is insufficient."
"Education, n. That which discloses to the wise and disguises from the foolish their lack of understanding."
"When you were born you were crying and everyone else was smiling. Live your life so at the end, your're the one who is smiling and everyone else is crying."
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