"I have absolutely no pleasure in the stimulants in which I sometimes so madly indulge. It has not been in the pursuit of pleasure that I have periled life and reputation and reason. It has been the desperate attempt to escape from torturing memories, from a sense of insupportable loneliness and a dread of some strange impending doom."
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"Heartbreak [10w] Heartbreak’s like a heart attack but without the hospital bills."
"You might not understand, but I gave you the best of me, and after you left, nothing was ever the same."
"I like people who are able to keep pushing themselves and challenging themselves even after great success."
"My truth could be very different than your truth."
"Plan B?' Ivy said. 'What is plan B?'Jenks reddened. 'Grab the fish and run like hell,' he muttered, and I almost giggled."
"Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love."
"The power of our subconscious thoughts and desires attracts good luck."
"You were given life; it is your duty (and also your entitlement as a human being) to find something beautiful within life, no matter how slight."
"The majority of my patients consisted not of believers but of those who had lost their faith."
"We are never allowed to forget that some books are badly written; we should remember that sometimes they're badly read, too."
"Happiness is a nothingness without completeness."
"Love the animals: God has given them the rudiments of thought and joy untroubled."
"Point me out the happy man and I will point you out either extreme egotism, selfishness, evil -- or else an absolute ignorance."
"After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music."
"When we meet real tragedy in life, we can react in two ways - either by losing hope and falling into self-destructive habits, or by using the challenge to find our inner strength. Thanks to the teachings of Buddha, I have been able to take this second way."
"Hide yourself in God, so when a man wants to find you he will have to go there first."
"He who loves, flies, runs, and rejoices; he is free and nothing holds him back."
"To fail is nothing, unless you continue to ignore Cosmic Ordering."
"In the beginning there was nothing, which exploded."
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