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"I claim not to have controlled events but confess plainly that events have controlled me."
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Personal Development
"You're too old for fairy tales, Baasen said."
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Personal Development
"By the truth we are undone. Life is a dream. 'Tis the waking that kills us. He who robs us of our dreams robs us of our life."
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Personal Development
"There is no point in using the word 'impossible' to describe something that has clearly happened."
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Personal Development
"The real world is oftentimes different from what you expect it to be, what you think it to be, and what people might say it to be."
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"Children, our lives have been gongs striking; clamour and boasting; cries of despair; blows on the nape of the neck in gardens."
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"A fool or idiot is one who expects things to happen that never can happen."
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"But, Henry, this is wicked!' But, Adam, the world is wicked. Maoris prey on Moriori, Whites prey on darker-hued cousins, fleas prey on mice, cats prey on rats, Christians on infidels, first mates on cabin boys, Death on the Living. 'The weak are meat, the strong do eat."
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"It's more real to me here than if I went up," he suddenly heard himself say; and the fear lest that last shadow of reality should lose its edge kept him rooted to his seat as the minutes succeeded each other."
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"Some people think the stars must look closer from up here. They don't. When you're up here, you realize how distant they really are-how impossible to reach."
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"A real friend helps us think our best thoughts do our noblest deeds be our finest selves."
Emotional
"Travel with the wit of an adult, and the wonder of a child."
Experience
"A picture is a voiceless poem, a poem is a vocal picture."
Art
"The voice is Jacob's voice but the hands are the hands of Esau."
Religious
"The saddest thing about betrayal is that it never comes from your enemies."
Morality
"I'm not playing with my brother-in-law today. Would you play with a man who improves his lie and cheats on his score? Well neither would he!"
Morality
"To do the work of others is slavery. To do the work of God is true liberation."
Freedom
"I get my exercise being a pallbearer for those of my friends who believed in regular running and calisthenics."
Health
"Not everyone stays forever. You have to learn to let go."
Acceptance
"In your haste you walk far too fast. And in doing so you often leave your soul behind."
Philosophical
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