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“happened as I listened: I felt pain. Not in my head, not in my arm, not in my leg; everywhere at once. I told myself there was no difference between being inside and being outside, that it all came...”
“I felt no shame in these activities, because I understood what almost no one else seemed to grasp: that there was only an infinitesimal difference, a difference so small that it barely existed exce...”
“The search for the purpose of life has puzzled people for thousands of years. Thats because we typically begin at the wrong starting pointourselves. We ask self-centered questions like What do I wa...”
“What do you know of poetry? Ambrose said without bothering to turn around. I know a limping verse when I hear it, I said. But this isnt even limping. A limp has rhythm. This is more like someone fa...”
“There are two mistakes one can make along the road to truth. Not going all the way, and not starting. Siddhrtha Gautama”
“Language, that most human invention, can enable what, in principle, should not be possible. It can allow all of us, even the congenitally blind, to see with another persons eyes.”
“He hesitated, then lifted his head and sniffed. Have you been drinking? The question was more curious than accusatory. No, Bast said. The innkeeper raised an eyebrow. Ive been tasting, Bast said, e...”
“I had them all fooled into believing I was normal and well-adjusted, a rock of sensibility who could always be counted on to have a positive attitude.”
“Confession is the act of inviting God to walk the acreage of our hearts. There is a rock of greed over here, Father. I cant budge it. And that tree of guilt near the fence? Its roots are long and d...”
“Isaac Asimov's remark about the infantilism of pseudoscience is just as applicable to religion: 'Inspect every piece of pseudoscience and you will find a security blanket, a thumb to suck, a skirt ...”
“The point of life was to press on, to do the best you can, to make the world a better place.”
“Happiness, satisfaction, fulfillment, joy, love... All these things work the same way. The more you search for them, the less likely you are to find them.”
“His face and arms are so artfully disguised as to be invisible. I kneel beside him. I guess all those hours decorating cakes paid off. Peeta smiles. Yes, frosting. The final defense of the dying.”
“Addiction is the hallmark of every infatuation-based love story. It all begins when the object of your adoration bestows upon you a heady, hallucinogenic dose of something you never even dared to a...”
“Because something is significantly wrong with a creature that sacrifices its childrens lives to settle its differences.”
“Sir, this lane is for ten items or less. Im counting thirteen items in your cart, including that hemorrhoid cream. And while hemorrhoids might give you a reason to be nasty, they dont give you a re...”
“Have something to bring to the table, because that will make you more welcome.”
“The early summer sky was the color of cat vomit. Of course, Tally thought, youd have to feed your cat only salmon-flavored cat food for a while, to get the pinks right.”
“I realize that sometimes death comes before you expect it. That while we are rarely prepared for our friends, family and loved ones to die, we are never prepared for our own deaths. Never prepared ...”
“While it did smash, breaking a bottle over someones head requires a lot more force than movies had led me to believe.”
