"I caught myself thinking about falling in love with someone who I hoped was out there right now thinking about the possibility of me, but I quickly banished the notion. It was that kind of thinking that landed me in this situation to begin with. Hope can ruin you."
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"I read anything that’s going to be interesting. But you don’t know what it is until you’ve read it. Somewhere in a book on the history of false teeth there’ll be the making of a novel."
"Men are free when they are obeying some deep, inward voice of religious belief. Obeying from within. Men are free when they belong to a living, organic, believing community, active in fulfilling some unfulfilled, perhaps unrealized purpose. Not when they are escaping to some wild west. The most unfree souls go west, and shout of freedom."
"Stratospherical Poems [10w] Poets circle the earth in a higher orbit than readers."
"May you live in such a way that your death is just the beginning of your life."
"He'd always been a man who followed his head and not his heart.The heart was just a bloody motor.The head was meant to drive"
"When pain is intense, you are at a climax. You can then see the light of transcendence."
"Betrayal is an ironic thing. He or she betrays you then you betray yourself. You think you’re showing strength with your anger, but in reality you’re showing how much you still care."
"All profound distraction opens certain doors. You have to allow yourself to be distracted when you are unable to concentrate."
"From the cradle to the grave, joy and pain is the fertilizer for wisdom."
"There is nothing more ancient than the truth."
"We have just enough religion to make us hate, but not enough to make us love one another."
"My favorite fruit is grapes. Because with grapes, you always get another chance. 'Cause, you know, if you have a crappy apple or a peach, you're stuck with that crappy piece of fruit. But if you have a crappy grape, no problem - just move on to the next. 'Grapes: The Fruit of Hope.'"
"We were hooked when we woke.We had arms for each other.But I yearned to resumeMy dreams of another."
"Dammit Goddammit' Defined [10w] Damned if you do and damned if you don't double-bind."
"Why be a man when you can be a success."
"Why should any guy want to be only friends with a girl? It’s like agreeing to be near a chocolate cake and never eat it. It’s like sitting in a racing car but not driving it."
"When I was your age, television was called books."
"She had to go on this quest. The fate of the world might depend on it. But part of him wanted to say: Forget the world. He didn’t want to be without her."
"Building art is a synthesis of life in materialised form. We should try to bring in under the same hat not a splintered way of thinking, but all in harmony together."
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