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All wisdom ends in paradox.


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We knew, finally, that the girls were really women in disguise, that they understood love and even death, and that our job was merely to create the noise that seemed to fascinate them.

We knew, finally, that the girls were really women in disguise, that they understood love and even death, and that our job was merely to create the noise that seemed to fascinate them.



Biology gives you a brain. Life turns it into a mind.

Biology gives you a brain. Life turns it into a mind.



When I wrote The Virgin Suicides, I gave myself very strict rules about the narrative voice: the boys would only be able to report what they had seen or found or what had been told to them.

When I wrote The Virgin Suicides, I gave myself very strict rules about the narrative voice: the boys would only be able to report what they had seen or found or what had been told to them.



Basically what we have here is a dreamer. Somebody out of touch with reality. When she jumped, she probably thought she'd fly

Basically what we have here is a dreamer. Somebody out of touch with reality. When she jumped, she probably thought she'd fly



It was one of those humid days when the atmosphere gets confused. Sitting on the porch, you could feel it: the air wishing it was water.

It was one of those humid days when the atmosphere gets confused. Sitting on the porch, you could feel it: the air wishing it was water.



In the end, the tortures tearing the Lisbon girls pointed to a simple reasoned refusal to accept the world as it was handed down to them, so full of flaws.

In the end, the tortures tearing the Lisbon girls pointed to a simple reasoned refusal to accept the world as it was handed down to them, so full of flaws.



Depression is like a bruise that never goes away. A bruise in your mind. You just got to be careful not to touch it where it hurts. It's always there, though.

Depression is like a bruise that never goes away. A bruise in your mind. You just got to be careful not to touch it where it hurts. It's always there, though.



You never get over it, but you get to where it doesn't bother you so much.

You never get over it, but you get to where it doesn't bother you so much.



It was like autumn, looking at her. it was like driving up north to see the colors.

It was like autumn, looking at her. it was like driving up north to see the colors.



She held herself very straight, like Audrey Hepburn, whom all women idolize and men never think about.

She held herself very straight, like Audrey Hepburn, whom all women idolize and men never think about.





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If humor and rumor are needed more than faith and truth, then it tells me something about the kind of world we live today.



Teach your little ones about the rules of decent behaviour. When they grow up, it will be too late to learn.

Teach your little ones about the rules of decent behaviour. When they grow up, it will be too late to learn.



Make no mistake, Lucas. You chose Pedro over your fellow Hunters. I'm coming for you and you will pay for your betrayal. I'm coming for everyone in that house and no one will survive.

Make no mistake, Lucas. You chose Pedro over your fellow Hunters. I'm coming for you and you will pay for your betrayal. I'm coming for everyone in that house and no one will survive.



Looking at these stars suddenly dwarfed my own troubles and all the gravities of terrestrial life.

Looking at these stars suddenly dwarfed my own troubles and all the gravities of terrestrial life.



In creating, the only hard thing is to begin: a grass blade's no easier to make than an oak.

In creating, the only hard thing is to begin: a grass blade's no easier to make than an oak.



That's one of the good things about being from the political centre, you're willing to work with both side of politics.

That's one of the good things about being from the political centre, you're willing to work with both side of politics.



There are subjects in which I wish to become knowledgeable, and subjects in which I wish to remain wise.

There are subjects in which I wish to become knowledgeable, and subjects in which I wish to remain wise.



Subjective time flows forward, the phenomenal self is embedded into this flow, an inner history unfolds. That it is why it is not a bubble, but a tunnel: There is movement in time.

Subjective time flows forward, the phenomenal self is embedded into this flow, an inner history unfolds. That it is why it is not a bubble, but a tunnel: There is movement in time.



I would want America to know our kids need us. Spend as much time with your kids as you can. Enjoy them. Be with them. Hug your children; You never know when it will be the last time.

I would want America to know our kids need us. Spend as much time with your kids as you can. Enjoy them. Be with them. Hug your children; You never know when it will be the last time.




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