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"If I sound as if I'm always predicting ominous things, it's because I'm a pragmatist. I use deductive reasoning to generalize, and I suppose this sometimes ends up sounding like unlucky prophecies. You know why? Because reality's just the accumulation of ominous prophecies come to life. You have to only open a newspaper on any given day and weigh the good news versus the bad, and you'll see what I mean."
"Reality may not be what you want it to be, but it is the reality you now must face. You can deny this reality and try to wish it away, or you can accept it and not waste any energy on wanting it to be different."
". . . nobody in particular is to blame, that I can see, for the state in which things are . . ."
"I don't need shoes. I need a night scope. You think they sell night scopes someplace here?"
"A realist is a slave to reality."
"Realism can break a writer's heart."
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"It's a fool who thinks that having a kid is a right, which is the biggest crock of fishheads I've ever heard. You have a responsibility, not only to a person but also to a spirit because that's what a child is. A pissing, crying, yawning, giggling, laughing package of spirit that is looking for you to take the lead. It's a heck of a responsibility to look after a spirit."
"There are hard days to live. You awake to a day when you feel you've done it all before, and you're going to do it again, so why do it at all."
"Remember, it's still a mystery to be an adult. If you knew it all before eighteen, you'd have nothing to look forward to."
"A good man lives for the joy in life and the happiness of being alive, not shackled to the wants of the future or the regrets of the past."
"While all the universe and my family are still sleeping, I will walk among the red and blue twinkle-lights of the living room, to sit and gaze upon the pretty white angel atop the tree and say silent prayers, remembering what was good in the world and why I was brought here to remember."
"Reading teaches us the nuances of humanity. To find the beauty of what is moral and ethical in your own actions and discover the strange subtlety of what it is to question why you should exist."
"You haven't seen a thing until you've seen this man fight. My sword is sharp. My heart strong. My spirit ferocious - and I am going to live. Let the swords clash. Let the fight begin."
"What good is an "I LOVE YOU If said only when you have to?What good is it to ride a horse if you cannot gallop?What good is it to believe in someone if you doubt your own belief?"
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