"Happiness is not in the mere possession of money; it lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of creative effort."
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"Let’s get romantic and head to bed and make meatloaf all night long. I’ll wear my Ben Bernanke beard, because it fits me like a fur coat."
"I always listen to you. Except when I don't."
"Madame, all stories, if continued far enough, end in death, and he is no true-story teller who would keep that from you."
"But there were too many points at which the other self could invade the self he wanted to preserve, and there were too many forms of invasion: certain words, sounds, lights, actions his hands or feet performed, and if he did nothing at all, heard and saw nothing, the shouting of some triumphant inner voice that shocked him and cowed him."
"If you plan on being anything less than you are capable of being, you will probably be unhappy all the days of your life."
"And yet,to say the truth, reason and love keep little company together nowadays."
"If you can do what you do best and be happy, you're further along in life than most people."
"Learn from Children [10w] Children picture God as a smiley sun emanating love light."
"We can't believe what we believe to be untrue, and we can't love what we believe to be unreal."
"Never pause unless you have a reason for it, but when you pause, pause as long as you can."
"Holding Eleanor's hand was like holding a butterfly. Or a heartbeat. Like holding something complete, and completely alive."
"He who hath many friends hath none."
"But there is in everything a reasonable division of labour. I have written the book, and nothing on earth would induce me to read it."
"Three things can not hide for long: the Moon, the Sun and the Truth."
"I think it's perfectly possible to explain how the universe came about without bringing God into it, but I don't know everything, and there may well be a God somewhere, hiding away. Actually, if he is keeping out of sight, it's because he's ashamed of his followers and all the cruelty and ignorance they're responsible for promoting in his name. If I were him, I'd want nothing to do with them."
"I would have been a black belt in Karate much sooner, but the store was sold out of Sharpie markers."
"There was a time when skepticism was an act of rebellion. Since to a degree I both believe in evolution and have faith, I can only conclude that, as prophesied, to have faith will someday be an act of rebellion."
"Emma turned to him, bottom lip trembling. “For me?” “Always for you. All things for you. He coughed into his fist “All your own."
"My heartbeat is a pulse, and it pumps out sonic vibrations that resonate with her mind as she lays her head on my chest. Listen silently and you can hear the frequency of love."
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