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"Feelings are fleeting, no matter how eart-shattering they seem; they never last, always change."
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"Technically, all tattoos are temporary, even permanent ones."
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"Time melts away in every passing moment."
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"Just because you believe something was true in the past does not mean it will be true in the future."
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"A red leaf danced from a branch like a dropping flame, down into the calm blue lake. A gust had broken it free. There was a cold bite in the wind. It was now deep autumn in the mountains."
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"Whenever you see flies or insects in a still life-a wilted petal, a black spot on the apple-the painter is giving you a secret message. He's telling you that living things don't last-it's all temporary. Death in life. That's why they're called natures mortes. Maybe you don't see it at first with all the beauty and bloom, the little speck of rot. But if you look closer-there it is."
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"Memories, like everything else, are momentary."
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"Don't wait for tomorrow. Tomorrow may be too late. If we know how to live according to the insight of impermanence, we will not make many mistakes. We can be happy right now. We can love our beloved, care for her, and make her happy today. And we won't run toward the future, losing our life, which is available only in the present moment."
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"Feelings are fleeting, no matter how eart-shattering they seem; they never last, always change."
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"Perception is to be blamed. It, if given due attention, keeps changing."
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"Thanks to impermanence, everything is possible. Life itself is possible. If a grain of corn is not impermanent, it can never be transformed into a stalk of corn. If the stalk were not impermanent, it could never provide us with the ear of corn we eat."
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"We're gonna lie when the truth is hard? That's how this relationship is going to work? All righty, then."
Honesty
"That means life itself is a fairy tale. Like the characters, we all live and love and search for a happily-ever-after."
Fantasy
"Yeah, okay. You're right. I was having dinner with Zombie Carl the other night. You know, steak, rare, and a bottle of vintage type A. He told me all his secrets, but too bad for you I promised him I wouldn't tell. In exchange I asked him to gather his best undead buddies and stalk me through my friend's yard. And oh, yeah, it was totally fine if they wanted to use me as an all-night-dinner buffet, because having organs is SO last year."
Satire
"It was common knowledge that big, bad city boys spent the bulk of their time sleeping around, coiffing their hair and posting pictures of food on the internet."
Youth
"She wasn't easy to be around at the best of times, and during the worst, well, she sucked flaming balls of mean...Still she wanted his eternal admiration."
Relationship
"You try almost dying, being chased, thenhopping in a car with a complete (horny)stranger."
Risk
"There are two kinds of people,' she'd said. 'Those who coast through life like ducks in a row, following one after the other, and those who ride the waves.' Tears spilled down my cheeks, and my voice cracked. "'Ride the waves, baby, and live. Live."
Adventure
"What's this about?""Finally. Interest," was the only response."If this is one of your tricks..." Like the time Torin had ordered hundreds of blow-up dolls and placed them throughout the fortress, all because Paris had foolishly complained about the lack of female companionship in town. The plastic "ladies" had stared our from every corner, their wide eyes and let-me-suck-you mouths taunting everyone who passed them.Things like that happened when Torin was bored."
Humor
"Scars speak for you. They say you're strong, and you've survived something that might have killed others."
Survival
"This woman might have a daughter, but she was as innocent and pure as newly fallen snow."
Innocence
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