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But suppose one doesn't quite know which one wants to put first. Suppose," said Harriet, falling back on words which were not her own, "suppose one is cursed with both a heart and a brain?"You can usually tell," said Miss de Vine, "by seeing what kind of mistakes you make. I'm quite sure that one never makes fundamental mistakes about the thing one really wants to do. Fundamental mistakes arise out of lack of genuine interest. In my opinion, that is. Dorothy L. Sayers
Daniel Dennett quote: "What you can imagine depends on what you know."
What you can imagine depends on what you know. Daniel Dennett
Man is; it matters to him; this is terrifying unless it matters to God, too, because this is the only possible reason we can matter to ourselves.... Madeleine L'Engle
History says, Don't hope/On this side of the grave/But then, once in a lifetime/The longest-for tidal wave of justice can rise up/And hope and history rhyme./So hope for a great sea change/On the far side of revenge/Believe in miracles.... Seamus Heaney
Paul Tillich quote: "The vitality that can stand the abyss of meaninglessness is..."
The vitality that can stand the abyss of meaninglessness is aware of a hidden meaning within the destruction of meaning. Paul Tillich
It's only a story, you say. So it is, and the rest of life with it - creation story, love story, horror, crime, the strange story of you and I. The alphabet of my DNA shapes certain words, but the story is not told. I have to tell it myself. What is it that I have to tell myself again and again? That there is always a new beginning, a different end. I can change the story. I am the story. Begin. Jeanette Winterson
What can I expect from myself? My sensation in all their horrible acuity, and a profound awareness of feeling. A sharp mind that only destroys me, and an unusual capacity for dreaming to keep me entertained. A dead will and a reflection that cradles it, like a living child. From, The Book of Disquiet Fernando Pessoa
She was scared. Unprepared. Lost in the dark. Falling apart. I can't survive. Without you by my side. We're gonna be alright. This is what happens when. Two worlds collide. Demi Lovato
To say that everything in the bible is to be believed , simply because it is found in that volume, is equally absurd and pernicious... To discard a portion of scripture is not necessarily to reject the truth, but may be the highest evidence that one can give of his love of truth. William Lloyd Garrison
Annie Dillard quote: "I cannot cause light; the most I can do is try to put myself..."
I cannot cause light; the most I can do is try to put myself in the path of its beam. Annie Dillard
Once you have mathematical certainty there is nothing left to do or to understand. There will be nothing left but to bottle up your five senses and plunge into contemplation. While if you stick to consciousness, even though the same result is attained, you can at least flog yourself at times, and that will, at any rate, liven you up. Reactionary as it is, corporal punishment is better than nothing. Fyodor Dostoevsky
An unfamiliar city is a fine thing. That's the time and place when you can suppose that all the people you meet are nice. It's dream time. Louis-Ferdinand Celine
William Blake quote: "Never seek to tell thy love; Love that never told can be. For..."
Never seek to tell thy love; Love that never told can be. For the gentle wind does move silently.. invisibly. William Blake
O. Henry quote: "We can't buy one minute of time with cash; if we could, rich..."
We can't buy one minute of time with cash; if we could, rich people would live longer. O. Henry
Pain (any pain--emotional, physical, mental) has a message. The information it has about our life can be remarkablyspecific, but it usually falls into one of two categories: Wewould be more alive if we did more of this and Life would bemore lovely if we did less of that. Once we get the pain'smessage, and follow its advice, the pain goes away. Peter McWilliams

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