"When you realize there is something you don't understand, then you're generally on the right path to understanding all kinds of things."
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"...the opposite of love is not hate -- it's apathy. It's not giving a damn. If somebody hates me, they must "feel"something ... or they couldn't possibly hate. Therefore, there's some way in which I can get to them."
"It is never about who is right or wrong, it is about what is best."
"I wish my school days could have dragged on a little longer, or that I could go back and do it later in life."
"It is simply wrong to begin with a theme, symbol or other abstract unifying agent, and then try to force characters and events to conform to it."
"Faith may want answers, but somehow it is able to survive without them."
"A book lying idle on a shelf is wasted ammunition. Like money, books must be kept in constant circulation... A book is not only a friend, it makes friends for you. When you have possessed a book with mind and spirit, you are enriched. But when you pass it on you are enriched threefold."
"Owning our story can be hard but not nearly as difficult as spending our lives running from it. Embracing our vulnerabilities is risky but not nearly as dangerous as giving up on love and belonging and joy—the experiences that make us the most vulnerable. Only when we are brave enough to explore the darkness will we discover the infinite power of our light."
"Drunken men give some of the best pep talks."
"Let All Your Life’s Experiences Lead To More Writing & Encourage More Reading..!"
"The history of modern art is also the history of the progressive loss of art's audience. Art has increasingly become the concern of the artist and the bafflement of the public."
"Perhaps - I want the old days back again and they'll never come back, and I am haunted by the memory of them and of the world falling about my ears."
"In this world, people actually don't live a life for themselves but usually live a life for someone they love."
"Steer Clear [10w] Avoid alliances with anyone who's more to gain than you."
"Body and soul can never be marriedI need to become who I already am and will bellow forever at this incongruity which has committed me to hell"
"You said 'God is cruel' the way a person who's lived his whole life on Tahiti might say 'Snow is cold'. You knew, but you didn't understand."He stepped close to David and put his palms on the boy's cold cheeks. "Do you know how cruel your God can be, David. How fantastically cruel?"
"Safety isn't always safe. You can find one on every gun."
"Half of all broccoli grown commercially in America today is a single variety- Marathon- notable for it's high yield. The overwhelming majority of the chickens raised for meat in America are the same hybrid, the Cornish cross; more than 99 percent of turkeys are the Broad-Breasted Whites."
"The moment a little boy is concerned with which is a jay and which is a sparrow, he can no longer see the birds or hear them sing."
"…told herself likewise not to hope. But it was too late. Hope had already entered…"
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