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"Your mother won a special reward," she told me, "because everyone had a head in her pictures. We all applauded."
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"Not to recognize God is to oppose the kingdom of love."

"An applause is not just the recognition of good performance, but its proof of being different than the crowd."

"But my eyes were riveted on a small slim woman her hair simply coiled into her neck, Katherine Glasier."

"The problem is not that we don't recognize the truth when we hear it. The problem is that we don't want to recognize what the truth might mean for us if we hear it."

"I don't deserve any credit for turning the other cheek as my tongue is always in it."

"Back then: to be paid more, one needed to increase the number of things that are by him known. Today: to be paid more, one needs to increase the number of people by whom he is known."

"The applause of a single human being is of great consequence."

"Poseidon raised his eyebrows as they shook hands. "Blowfish, did you say?"Ah, no. Blofis, actually."Oh, I see, Poseidon said. "A shame. I quite like blowfish. I am Poseidon."Poseidon? That's an interesting name."Yes, I like it. I've gone by other names, but I do prefer Poseidon."Like the god of the sea."Very much like that, yes."

"An undiscovered genius has no value in the marketplace."

"Lord Bacchus, do you remember me? I helped you with that missing leopard in Sonoma." Bacchus scratched his stubbly chin. "Ah... yes. John Green." "Jason Grace.""Whatever," the god said."
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"With love like that, you can't get pick about how it finds you or the details. All that matters is that it's there. Better late than never."


"When I pictured myself, it was always like just an outline in a colouring book, with the inside not yet completed."


"There are some things in this world you rely on, like a sure bet. And when they let you down, shifting from where you've carefully placed them, it shakes your faith, right where you stand."


"What you have to decide... is how you want your life to be. If your forever was ending tomorrow, would this be how you'd want to have spent it? Listen, the truth is, nothing is guaranteed. You know that more than anybody. So dont be afraid. Be alive."


"Like a word on a page that you've printed and read a million times, that suddenly looks strange or wrong, foreign. And you feel scared for a second, like you've lost something, even if you're not sure what it is."


"It took a lot of work to be perfect. If you didn't want to break a sweat, there was no point in even bothering."


"If you try anything, if you try to lose weight, or to improve yourself, or to love, or to make the world a better place, you have already achieved something wonderful, before you even begin. Forget failure. If things don't work out the way you want, hold your head up high and be proud. And try again. And again. And again!"


"A song can take you back instantly to a moment, or a place, or even a person. No matter what else has changed in you or the world, that one song stays the same, just like that moment. Which is pretty amazing, when you actually think about it."


"Life is full of screwups. You're supposed to fail sometimes. It's a required part of the human existance."
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