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"Love is more than blind. It's brain-dead."
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"No matter how kind you are, always expect a few imbeciles."
"When young people are cynical, and snarky, they shoot down their own future. When you keep saying "No," all that's left is what other people said "Yes" to before you were born. Really, "No" is no choice at all."
"Most cynics are really crushed romantics: they've been hurt, they're sensitive, and their cynicism is a shell that's protecting this tiny, dear part in them that's still alive."
"The only activity a cynic will find contagious is yawning, that is, with other people, at other people."
"I think a lot of cynicism has dropped away from my shoulders since I stopped drinking."
"People, generally, suck."
"In bridge clubs and in councils of state, the passions are the same."
"Cynicism is the humour of hatred."
"It is good to be a cynic - it is better to be a contented cat - and it is best not to exist at all."
"Motivating people, forcing them to your will, gives you a cynical attitude toward humanity. It degrades everything it touches."
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"I love the way she feels inthe curve of my arm. I loveher unpretentious beauty,her intelligence, her nerve.But could I ever love her?The concept of falling in loveis completely foreign, somethingI can't bring myself to accept. Her hair pillows my cheek and her hand on my leg is warm. I care about you, Conner, and I hate to see you hurting. I want to respond but can'tfind the pretty words I need."
"I wonder how long it would take him to realize I'm right as sin - it's the rest of the world that's wrong. I'm not even sure how I qualify for admission to Aspen Springs. Does wanting to die equal losing your mind?"
"So you try to think of someone else you're mad at, and the unavoidable answer pops into your little warped brain: everyone."
"Do you ever dangle your toes over the precipice, dare the cliff to crumble, defy the frozen deity to suffer the sun, thaw feather and bone, take wing to fly you home?"
"What I don't like is what it sometimes takes to win. Backstabbing. Manipulation. Out-and-out bribery once in a while, and not always the monetary kind."
"What good would it do toshutter your windows, neverdream of rainbows or find hopein promises? Why choose to walk awayrather than hold your groundand fight for love?"
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