"We’re built of contradictions, all of us. It’s those opposing forces that give us strength, like an arch, each block pressing the next. Give me a man whose parts are all aligned in agreement and I’ll show you madness. We walk a narrow path, insanity to each side. A man without contradictions to balance him will soon veer off."
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"I was taught to strive not because there were any guarantees of success but because the act of striving is in itself the only way to keep faith with life."
"I used to think the world was broken down by tribes,' I said. 'By Black and White. By Indian and White. But I know this isn't true. The world is only broken into two tribes: the people who are assholes and the people who are not."
"Memories aren't stored in the heart or the head or even the soul, if you ask me, but in the spaces between any given two people."
"You can get into a habit of thought in which you enjoy making fun of all those other people who don't see things as clearly as you do. We have to guard carefully against it."
"Mga bata pa kayo. Pag pinaniwalaan namin kayong hindi kayo naglaro ng tubig kahit na basang-basa ang mga damit ninyo, kayo ang niloloko namin. Hindi kayo ang nakakapanloko."
"I'm happy. Which often looks like crazy."
"It's a big theme in my life, learning about myself and being a better person. I'm a work in progress; I have revelations every day."
"We may be living past and future lives at the same time we are living this one."
"Area 51 [20w] If aliens were truly looking for intelligent life on earth,what the fuck were they thinking going to New Mexico?"
"Isn't it strange that I know you'd risk your life to save mine, but I don't even know what your favorite color is?"
"It's been the structure of my life: you scheme and plan and try and fail and try again and accumulate and lose and win back, and then you tell."
"Movies [10w] Movies were invented to sellbuttery snacks and sugary drinks"
"We all know that Art is not truth. Art is a lie that makes us realize truth at least the truth that is given us to understand. The artist must know the manner whereby to convince others of the truthfulness of his lies."
"And then I felt sad because I realized that once people are broken in certain ways, they can't ever be fixed, and this is something nobody ever tells you when you are young and it never fails to surprise you as you grow older as you see the people in your life break one by one. You wonder when your turn is going to be, or if it's already happened."
"trichloroethane [...] All my extensive testing has shown this to be the best treatment for a dangerous excess of human knowledge"
"When you want something this badly, you don't just give up. You fight and fight until you absolutely can't fight anymore."
"And I loved Fats Waller. I love his instrumental abilities, his vocal abilities and his sense of humor."
"Love is stronger than justice."
"Count your blessings. Once you realize how valuable you are and how much you have going for you, the smiles will return, the sun will break out, the music will play, and you will finally be able to move forward the life that God intended for you with grace, strength, courage, and confidence."
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