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"Stone should last forever, but on that night I came to understand that a stone was only another form of dust. Streams of holy dust loomed in the air, and every breath included remnants of the Temple, so that we inhaled that which was meant to stand through eternity."
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"Kenji snorts."That's because you're not fragile, Kenji says. "If anything, everyone needs to protect themselves from you. You're like a freaking beast, he says. Then adds, "I mean, you know-like, a cute beast. A little beast that tears shit up and breaks the earth and sucks the life out of people."
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"Of the things that followed I cannot at all say whether they were what men call real or what men call dream. And for all I can tell, the only difference is that what many see we call a real thing, and what only one sees we call a dream. But things that many see may have no taste or moment in them at all, and things that are shown only to one may be spears and water-spouts of truth from the very depth of truth."
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"Thank you for giving me another chance.''Thank you for deserving one."
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"Jules lips quivered, and I feared she was about to cry. Then she asked, 'He bit off more than he could chew, didn't he? She made a motion as if she was biting into a tough piece of steak.Gabriella's lips sealed shut as she tried to hide her grin, though she failed at it when Andrew asked, 'Was he eating? He turned desperately to Gabriella, confused.Jules wasn't about to cry, she was trying not to laugh! She giggled then, the sound tinkling and odd in the outlandish setting.Andrew straightened and shook his head at Gabriella. 'Did you see him eat?"
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"I love you because you have this fire in you that you don't even recognise, but I do. You're strong and you're a survivor."
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"They cannot see that growth for the sake of growth is a cancerous madness, that Phoenix and Albuquerque will not be better cities to live in when their populations are doubled again and again. They would never understand that an economic system which can only expand or expire must be false to all that is human."
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"Doubt treats God's Word as human advice-but we should see doubt as a reminder of our need to pray."
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"Because, once alone, it is impossible to believe that one could ever have been otherwise. Loneliness is an absolute discovery."
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"You were a rhyme who mattered, a being who slipped all too often."
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"I'm sure I look like a drowned cat.""You look fine. The wet look works for you."I scowled. "Now I know you're lying."
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"We can each define ambition and progress for ourselves. The goal is to work toward a world where expectations are not set by the stereotypes that hold us back, but by our personal passion, talents and interests."
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"He stepped back with exaggerated courtesy. But when I walked past him, he swatted my rump. Hard enough to sting."You need to be more careful, he growled. "Keep interfering in my business and you might get hurt.I said sweetly as I continued to Jesse's room, "The last man who swatted me like that is rotting in his grave."I have no doubt about it. His voice was more satisfied then contrite."
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"It is the ultimate luxury to combine passion and contribution. It's also a very clear path to happiness."
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"LIFE - Death's Very Emissary."
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"The earlier, the more fun. Why put it off? It's the atomic age!"
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"To live is to have worries and uncertainties. Keep them inside, and they will destroy you for certain--leaving behind a person so callused that emotion can find no root in his heart."
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"Certain places seem to exist mainly because someone has written about them."
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"The ambiance of every environment in a country is the value system of the given nation. It is that culture that influences how citizens of a nation react, respond and behave among themselves in regards to politics, commerce, family and social life."
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"The Phoenix rises in the absence or need of witness."
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"My whole life, I had thought that my story was, again and again: Once upon a time, there was a boy, and he had to risk everything to keep what he loved. But really, the story was: Once upon a time, there was a boy, and his fear ate him alive."
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"I wasn't good company, that was true, and people avoided me, but that was all right. I was too busy dreaming."
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"And the people who would burn the words, the people who would take the books from the shelves, the firemen and the ignorant, the ones afraid of tales and words and dreams and Hallowe'en and people who have tattooed themselves with stories and Boys! You Can Grow Mushrooms in Your Cellar! and as long as your words which are people which are days which are my life, as long as your words survive, then you lived and you mattered and you changed the world and I cannot remember your name.I learned your books. Burned them into my mind. In case the firemen come to town."
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"Ah, it's my longing for whom I might have been that distracts and torments me!"
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"Hatred gives you nothing, takes nothing from you, but destroys everything you have! Be careful of ideas of hatred that comes into your head. Destroy them before they make nests in your mind!"
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"Conscience allows us to do two things: Pass judgment on ourselves; approve or condemn our own conduct."
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"God made salvation the most precious gift for humanity which is why only a few are chosen for God's Paradise in heaven. Matthew 22:11-14"
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"Actually, I was prone to random acts of stupidity. I considered it to be one of my talents."
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"Some ancient oversight had nearly taken his sight, but this sad fuck was already blind inside."
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"I don't ever want to be a fair-weather anything. Playing through the elements is always better than sitting on the sidelines."
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"The shadow raised its arm high in the air and I knew - I knew before I heard my name - that he'd found me again, keeper of the promise he couldn't make, the one I had marked with my blood and who had marked me with his tears, a Silencer all right, my silencer, stumbling toward me in the impossibly pure light of a late winter's sunrise promising spring."
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