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"As soon as Mr. Prosser realized that he was substantially the loser after all, it was as if a weight lifted itself off his shoulders: this was more like the world as he knew it."
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"You can't escape the existential suffering of life as long as you are living. So get used to it."
"Your skin is your skin. Your legs are your legs. Your hair is your hair. Your smile is your smile. Your past is your past. You can waste your life hating these things, but you may as well learn to accept them. Both routes are difficult and full of pain, but with acceptance, you will be happy one day, while with hatred, you never will."
"Until I realize that it's all I gift, I can hold all of it and yet receive none of it."
"Don't resent a woman for who she is not, love her for who she is."
"Accept yourself in a way you are created."
"You'll see so much more beauty in the world if you can accept that there is good in every little thing around you."
"You cannot save everyone. Some people are going to destroy themselves no matter how much you try to help them."
"You are too blessed to be worrying about your imperfections. Your original self is perfect in God's eyes, and His opinions will always matter the most."
"Life is all I have, it is enough!"
"Grains of sand will only flow with the winds, Kenton, never against them."
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"OK, so the guy is cool, but... I mean own up, this is barking time, this is major lunch, this is stool approaching critical mass, this is... this is... total vocabulary failure!"
"Words used carelessly, as if they did not matter in any serious way, often allowed otherwise well-guarded truths to seep through."
"In fact, Lig never formally resigned his editorship-he merely left his office late one morning, and has never returned since. Though well over a century has now passed, many members of the Guide staff still retain the romantic notion that he has simply popped out for a sandwich and will yet return to put in a solid afternoon's work. Strictly speaking, all editors since Lig Lury Jr., have therefore been designated acting editors, and Lig's desk is still preserved the way he left it, with the addition of a small sign that says LIG LURY, JR., EDITOR, MISSING, PRESUMED FED."
"The longest and most destructive party ever held is now into its fourth generation and still no one shows any signs of leaving. Somebody did once look at his watch, but that was eleven years ago now, and there has been no follow up."
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