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“See?” said Scout to Benne who tried to melt into the ground by becoming very flat. “See what happens when you don’t listen? When you go off and do whatever and you have no idea what you’re doing?”“...”
“But sometimes genius is anything but rarefied”
“I have a question for you, but it’s kind of...um, personal.” “Yes, I’m gay.” “You really are a fan of saying that, aren’t you?” “Once you start, you just can’t stop.”
“You can't cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the water. Don't let yourself indulge in vain wishes.”
“Jealousy is about ownership and control, not love. People very often don’t see that. "Infidelity is simply defined as the breaking of trust and the keeping of secrets in an intimate partnership." H...”
“Sometimes it’s great, and sometimes it’s shit.These are the things all the great philosophersjust won’t tell you flat out about life. You keep moving, keep living, keep breathingAnd you keep writin...”
“God comes right out and tells us why he gives us more money than we need. It's not so we can find more ways to spend it. It's not so we can indulge ourselves and spoil our children. It's not so we ...”
“Never say "I thought,so", after doing a blunder, always think, ask and do.”
“I don't always have thoughts, but when I do, they're deep.”
“It’s funny, because we all read history and we think, ‘Oh, I would … have risen up, I would have fought, I would have been an abolitionist,' And I tell them, ‘No, you wouldn’t have. If you would ha...”
“There are three perquisites for living:1. Be yourself.2. Get over yourself (Things people have done to you”
“Only to me... Why does he take me home every wednesday? Why did he run to me when his club activities ended? Why isn't he using formal language? Why is he talking to me? Why... The more I think abo...”
“Many of the younger generation know my name in a vague way and connect it with grotesque inventions, but don't believe that I ever existed as a person. They think I am a nonperson, just a name that...”
“Paradoxically, admitting your own powerlessness can free you from the need to fix everything and allow us to be truly present to the other person, and to listen. A cartoon in The New Yorker had one...”
“Happiness is not something you postpone for the future”
“It’s not about the powers, man; it’s that we aren’t kids anymore. Look what we’ve been through. Look what we’ve done. Look at yourself, surfer dude. We’ve done something none of our parents have ev...”
“All men think they're great kissers. Just like you think you're the only decent driver on the road.""Maybe, but I am. Amazing kisser. Dangerously amazing. Your panties would, like, disintegrate, I'...”
“I don’t need a medal to tell me I’m a good guy.”
“All my life flashed before my eyes.… It was really boring.”
“To infinity…and beyond!”
