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“Why is female vulnerability still only acceptable when it's neuroticised and personal; when it feeds back on itself? Why do people still not get it when we handle vulnerability like philosophy, at ...”
“Music was a balm for any weary soul. It could either lift a person out of the doldrums or comfort him if there was no other solace to be had.”
“Nothing is ever certain.”
“The truth is messy. It's raw and uncomfortable. You can't blame people for preferring lies.”
“The truth is always an insult or a joke, lies are generally tastier. We love them. The nature of lies is to please. Truth has no concern for anyone's comfort”
“Once you have heard the Indian Bamboo flute then everything else is just ordinary!”
“We all know that any emotional bias -- irrespective of truth or falsity -- can be implanted by suggestion in the emotions of the young, hence the inherited traditions of an orthodox community are a...”
“Friendship exhibits a glorious "nearness by resemblance" to Heaven itself where the very multitude of the blessed (which no man can number) increases the fruition which each has of God. For every s...”
“Friendship is a disinterested commerce between equals”
“She may be a bitch, but she's a genuine bitch with a heart”
“There are always few friends... we love to make them feel jealous..”
“In each of my friends there is something that only some other friend can fully bring out. By myself I am not large enough to call the whole man into activity; I want other lights than my own to sho...”
“Do you miss her?I blinked. Did I what? This was my best friend since preschool we were talking about, the girl whose snack and math homework Id shared since before I had memorized my own phone ...”
“Lucy settled into August's kitchen as if they were a family.”
“Those who cannot conceive of Friendship as a substantive love but only as a disguise or elaboration of Eros betray the fact that they have never had a Friend.”
“Because the first time they met...Y-da: "You know, Y-naga-san, the more makeup you put on, the more you look like a guy in drag. So I'm going to call you F-mio!"Y-naga: "I-I like this person!"The m...”
“You have been my friend in the cosmos; you have been my only friend on this planet - the only soul to sense and seek for me within the repellent form which lies on this couch. We shall meet again -...”
“While watching the revelry in the Barn, I'd had an epiphany. Parties weren't just about who was who and being seen. It was about letting go. About celebrating that we all made it through one more b...”
“But for a Christian, there are, strictly speaking, no chances. A secret Master of Ceremonies has been at work. Christ, who said to the disciples, 'Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you,' can...”
“Change is growth”
