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"I definitely learned a lesson this time. I know that I can be broken. I am not as tough as I thought. I see it now. At this point, it's the only thing good that came out of all of this. I know myself better now and know what I have to do."
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"You have to know yourself enough to be able to choose friends that you will be compatible with."

"For many years, I searched for this connection outside of myself but always to no avail. It was only when I turned inward did I find this power."

"However beautiful the strategy, you should occasionally look at the results."

"We make such messes in this life, both accidently and on purpose. But wiping the surface clean doesn't really make anything any neater. It just masks what is below. It's only when you really dig down deep, go underground, that you can see who you really are."

"As long as you are focused on your own problems, you live and think as a self-centered man."

"Are you like, a crazy person?I'm quite sure they will say so."

"We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give."

"To persevere is one thing, but to push on ignoring your intuition is something quite different. Self-awareness is the practice of learning the difference."

"Look in the mirror and be sure you're living out the person you see and not a shadow."

"When we learn of Him, we see the things that we do wrong, we see what things need to be corrected in our way of thinking and our way of living."
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"It is amazing to hear grown-up people rationalize homophobia and discrimination. The lengths they go to trying to prove their points take reason to its breaking point."

"Don't do anything by half. If you love someone, love them with all your soul. When you go to work, work your ass off. When you hate someone, hate them until it hurts."

"Loneliness adds beauty to life. It puts a special burn on sunsets and makes night air smell better."

"I am an optimist because I want to change things for the better and I know that blood has to be spilled and disharmony and cruelty are necessary to do that."

"So I'm more at home with my backpack, sleeping in a hotel room or on a bus or on an airplane, than I am necessarily on a bed. It's weird being here. It feels like I'm standing next to my real life."

"Why do you think the old stories tell of men who set out on great journeys to impress the gods? Because trying to impress people just isn't worth the time and effort."

"I'm 36 and if I met a woman of my own age and married her, I'd also be marrying her former life, her past. It might be OK for some people - I don't want to judge it or anything - but it's not for me. It would destroy my creativity."
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