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"Deep in his heart, he wondered if he was after all worse than this man or the next. He knew that he could sophisticate himself finally into saying that his own weakness was just the result of circumstances and environment; that often when he raged at himself as an egotist something would whisper ingratiatingly: "No. Genius!"
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"Accept yourself irrespective of your imperfection and express your skills."
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"Those who seek to listen to their own inner voice forget to listen to the judgment of others."
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"Lara Jean, why do you have to remember every little thing? It's not healthy."
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"I wash myself clean of guilt, of pain, of fear, of emotion. I am the ocean. I am empty. I am nothing."
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"It is easy to live for others, everybody does. I call on you to live for yourself."
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"Honesty can force any dysfunction in your life to the surface. Are you in an abusive relationship? A refusal to lie to others " How did you get that bruise? " would oblige you to come to grips with this situation very quickly. Do you have a problem with drugs or alcohol? Lying is the lifeblood of addiction. If we have no recourse to lies, our lives can unravel only so far without others noticing.Telling the truth can also reveal ways in which we want to grow but haven't."
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"...It's just nice to see you out from his shadow. Because things don't grow in the shadows, you know? So it was frustrating to see you standing there...and really cool to see you step out of it. I don't know who this new guy is, but make sure when you're with him, you're not standing in his shadow. Stand where everyone can see you."
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"Since every individual is accountable ultimately to the self, the formation of that self demands our utmost care and attention."
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"There is only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that's your own self."
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"Love yourself enough to open your eyes, and open your eyes enough to love yourself."
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"I suppose that there's a caddish streak in every man that runs crosswise across his character and disposition and general outlook."
Personality

"The easiest way to get a reputation is to go outside the fold, shout around for a few years as a violent atheist or a dangerous radical, and then crawl back to the shelter."
Opinion

"For awhile after you quit Keats all other poetry seems to be only whistling or humming."
Poetry

"An author ought to write for the youth of his own generation, the critics of the next, and the schoolmaster of ever afterwards."
Relationship

"Speech is an arrangement of notes that will never be played again."
Politics

"No decent career was ever founded on a public."
Career

"It's not a slam at you when people are rude, it's a slam at the people they've met before."
People

"Riches have never fascinated me, unless combined with the greatest charm or distinction."
Money

"Most of the big shore places were closed now. And there were hardly any lights except the shadowy, moving glow of the ferryboat across the sound. And as the moon rose higher, the inessential houses began to melt away till gradually I became aware of the old island here that flowered once for Dutch sailors' eyes, A fresh green breast of the new world. Its vanished trees had once pandered in whispers to the last and greatest of all human dreams. For a transitory, enchanted moment man must have held his breath in the presence of this continent. Face to face, for the last time in history, with something commensurate to its capacity for wonder."
Reflection

"When people are taken out of their depths they lose their heads, no matter how charming a bluff they may put up."
People
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