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"Nothing ever happens quickly (except when it does). Nothing is ever, ever easy (except when it is). And, most of all, nothing ever goes perfectly according to plan (except in the movies)."
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"The closing years of life are like the end of a masquerade party when the masks are dropped."
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"It is far harder to kill a phantom than a reality."
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"It is hope--with regard to our careers, our love lives, our children, our politicians, and our planet--that is primarily to blame for angering and embittering us. The incompatibility between the grandeur of our aspirations and the mean reality of our condition generates the violent disappointments which rack our days and etch themselves in lines of acrimony across our faces."
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"But alas, the world is not a wish-granting factory."
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"You cannot change reality by ignoring it."
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"I don't know why everyoneis still trying to find out whether heaven and hell exist.Why do we need more evidence?They exist here on this very Earth.Heaven is standing atop Mount Qasiounoverlooking the Damascene sightswith the wind carrying Qabbani'sdulcet words all around you.And hell is only four hours away in Aleppo where children's cries drown out the explosions of mortar bombsuntil they lose their voice,their families, and their limbs.Yes, hell certainly does existright now, at this moment,as I pen this poem. And all we're doingto extinguish this hellfireis sighing, shrugging, liking, and sharing.Tell me: what exactly does that makeus? Are we any better than the gatekeepers of hell?"
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"Look at him now, poor fellow. That's what a dose of reality does for you...Never touch the stuff myself, you understand. Find it gets in the way of the hallucinations."
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"Everything that looks too perfect is too perfect to be perfect."
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"It now seemed to me that all my other guesses had been only self-pleasing dreams spun out of my wishes, but now I was awake."
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"Sometimes in the quest for enlightenment the only thing that gets lighter is your wallet."
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"Nothing ever happens quickly (except when it does). Nothing is ever, ever easy (except when it is). And, most of all, nothing ever goes perfectly according to plan (except in the movies)."
Reality
"I think you're freaked about what happened at Cambridge. I think it scared you.''I've been through worse, Bex, I said, joining her on the lower stairs. 'Way worse.'Oh, not the attack. Bex raised her finger in contradiction. 'What happened before the attack. I think you saw the future. Which is kind of freaky when - two months ago - you didn't think you were going to have one."
Fear
"I think it's kinda nice.' And I did. my mom isn't famous for her pies. No, she's famous for defusing a nuclear device in Brussels with only a pair of cuticle scissors and a ponytail holder. Somehow, at the moment, pies seemed cooler."
Admiration
"You know you're smarter than all of them, right?' Hale said flatly.'In fact, if you wanted to PROVE it...'He glanced at the blackjack tables.Simon shook his head. 'I don't count cards, Hale.''Don't?' Hale smiled. 'Or won't? You know, technically, it's not illegal.''But it's frowned upon.'Sweat beaded at Simon's brow. He sounded like someone had just suggested he swim after eating... run with scissors... 'It is SERIOUSLY frowned upon."
Strategy
"Do you know what pain is, Cammie? It's thebody's physical response to imminent harm.It is the mind's way of telling us to move ourhand off the stove or let go of the brokenglass."
Survival
"The only way Bex would miss this would be if she were unconscious. And tied up. And in a concrete bunker. In Siberia."
Exaggeration
"Fear is a weakness. It makes a person lose her nerve and her cool. It makes people jumpy and organizations nervous, and when that happens, there is always a chance to take advantage."
Strategy
"I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You."
Humor
"Two days after my dad's funeral, my mom went on a mission. I never understood it until then--that sometimes a spy doesn't need a cover so much as she needs a shield."
Grief
"She really wants to be my friend, I realize, and suddenly I feel very sorry for her. She doesn't know what a terrible thing it is she's asking for."
Empathy
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