"Deciding whether or not to trust a person is like deciding whether or not to climb a tree because you might get a wonderful view from the highest branch or you might simply get covered in sap and for this reason many people choose to spend their time alone and indoors where it is harder to get a splinter."

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"Deciding whether or not to trust a person is like deciding whether or not to climb a tree because you might get a wonderful view from the highest branch or you might simply get covered in sap and for this reason many people choose to spend their time alone and indoors where it is harder to get a splinter."

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"Trust dies but mistrust blossoms."

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"I'm interested. It's like you've got all these weird barriers set up, like you only want me to have access to this tiny part of you."

Rainbow Rowell, American Author

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"The days of the pushy salesmen and self-serving narcissists are over. That type of behavior quickly alienates and pushes people away because it offends and can't be trusted."

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"The first direction of a prayer: believe that God is able to manage your problem and appeal to Him."

Sunday Adelaja, Nigerian Author

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"He who has not faith in others shall find no faith in them."

Lao Tzu, Chinese Philosopher

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"I don't trust liberals, I trust conservatives."

Seneca, Roman Philosopher

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"God uses all the problems and challenges of life for divine purposes."

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"A Warrior of Light values a child's eyes because they are able to look at the world without bitterness. When he wants to find out if the person beside him is worthy of his trust, he tries to see him as a child would."

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"Anyone who knew Violet well could tell she was thinking hard, because her long hair was tied up in a ribbon to keep it out of her eyes. Violet had a real knack for inventing and building strange devices, so her brain was often filled with images of pulleys, levers, and gears, and she never wanted to be distracted by something as trivial as her hair."

Creativity

"Boredom is not black licorice, Snicket," she said. "There's no reason to share it with me."

Humor

"The table of elements does not contain one of the most powerful elements that make up our world, and that is the element of surprise."

Wonder

"The story of the book filled the car with exciting adventures of the sort that are fun to read about, so we didn't have to think about the exciting adventures of the sort that are no fun to live through."

Literature

"The world is swirling with so many mysteries and secrets that nobody will ever track down all of them. But with a book you can stay up very late, reading until all the secrets are clear to you. The questions of the world are hidden forever, but the answers in a book are hiding in plain sight."

Wisdom

"Oftentimes. when people are miserable, they will want to make other people miserable, too. But it never helps."

Life

"Everything happens for a reason."

Fate

"But the sad truth is that the truth is sad, and what you want does not matter."

Truth

"Unless you have been very, very lucky, you have undoubtedly experienced events in your life that have made you cry. So unless you have been very, very lucky, you know that a good, long session of weeping can often make you feel better, even if your circumstances have not changed one bit."

Emotion

"To hear the phrase "our only hope" always makes one anxious, because it means that if the only hope doesn't work, there is nothing left."

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