"But little Carlos's most important defense was not his good punch but rather the beginnings of a great education."
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"This city belongs to ghosts, to murderers, to sleepwalkers. Where are you, in what bed, in what dream?"
"Nico found a sort of freedom in knowing that eventually, no matter what happened, he would end up at the foot of his father’s throne."
"Maintaining the Distance between Wealth and Poverty [10w] The nouveau riche are far more ruthlessthan the rich."
"Doubts in your mind are a much greater roadblock to success than obstacles on the journey."
"In order to be irreplaceacle, one must always be different."
"...You find a way, somehow to get through the most horrible things, things you think would kill you. You find a way and you move through the days, one by one, in shock, in despair, but you move. The days pass, one after the other, and you go along with them - occasionally stunned, and not entirely relieved, to find that you are still alive."
"I thought you were gone forever, I thought you’d walked away from everything, because I failed, because I destroyed the only thing that ever mattered to me. I waited for you to come, but you didn’t."
"The essence of Christianity is told us in the Garden of Eden history. The fruit that was forbidden was on the tree of knowledge. The subtext is, 'All the suffering you have is because you wanted to find out what was going on. You could be in the Garden of Eden if you had just kept your fucking mouth shut and hadn't asked any questions."
"Your Excellency, I have no need of this hypothesis."
"But this I know; the writer who possesses the creative gift owns something of which he is not always master--something that at times strangely wills and works for itself. He may lay down rules and devise principles, and to rules and principles it will perhaps for years lie in subjection; and then, haply without any warning of revolt, there comes a time when it will no longer consent."
"Our love went from fly to flower to butterfly, and it was meant to beautifully flutter, not sit still on a shelf like a trophy to be collected."
"I have never seduced a fish taco for selfish reasons. I am an altruistic lover."
"I certainly hope 'Dragon' can leave some legacy behind."
"Is it not by learning to read the book of nature with the eyes of faith that we come to recognize the drop of divinity that resides in our own souls though hidden, master? In the end is this not faith; to seek the light that takes us further, the light of Christ that brings that to which reason and knowledge alone can never raise itself? This is truth!"
"Half a century ago, the amazing courage of Rosa Parks, the visionary leadership of Martin Luther King, and the inspirational actions of the civil rights movement led politicians to write equality into the law and make real the promise of America for all her citizens."
"If we encounter a man of rare intellect, we should ask him what books he reads."
"Don’t only practice your art, but force your way into its secrets, for it and knowledge can raise men to the divine."
"It's better to dare to dream big and achieve half of your dreams than to dream small dreams and achieve all"
"Tears shed for another person are not a sign of weakness. They are a sign of a pure heart."
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