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W. Somerset Maugham quote: "To acquire the habit of reading is to construct for yourself a..."
To acquire the habit of reading is to construct for yourself a refuge from almost all the miseries of life. W. Somerset Maugham
I wondered what happened when you offered yourself to someone, and they opened you, only to discover you were not the gift they expected and they had to smile and nod and say thank you all the same. Jodi Picoult
[To have Faith in Christ] means, of course, trying to do all that He says. There would be no sense in saying you trusted a person if you would not take his advice. Thus if you have really handed yourself over to Him, it must follow that you are trying to obey Him. But trying in a new way, a less worried way. Not doing these things in order to be saved, but because He has begun to save you already. Not hoping to get to Heaven as a reward for your actions, but inevitably wanting to act in a... C. S. Lewis
Right now you can cry and let your image dissolveon the windshields of cars parked along the Boardwalk. But you can't lose yourself. Roberto Bolano
Between birth and burial, we find ourselves in a comedy of mysteries. If you don't think life is mysterious, if you believe you have it all mapped out, you aren't paying attention or you've anesthetized yourself with booze or drugs, or with a comforting ideology. And if you don't think life's a comedy - well, friend, you might as well hurry along to that burial. The rest of us need people with whom we can laugh. -Odd Thomas -Odd Apocalypse by Dean Koontz pg 30 chapter 4 Dean Koontz
Dreams rise in the darkness and catch fire from the mirage of moving light. What happens on the screen isn't quite real; it leaves open a vague cloudy space for the poor, for dreams and the dead. Hurry hurry, cream yourself full of dreams to carry you through the life that's waiting for you outside, when you leave here, to help you last a few days more in that nightmare of things and people. Among the dreams, choose the ones most likely to warm your soul. I have to confess that I picked... Louis-Ferdinand Celine
Azar Nafisi quote: "You yourself told us that in the final analysis we are our own..."
You yourself told us that in the final analysis we are our own betrayers, playing Judas to our own Christ Azar Nafisi
What do you plan to do in the land of the sleepers? You have been floating in a sea of solitude, and the sea has borne you up. At long last, are you ready for dry land? Are you ready to drag yourself ashore? Friedrich Nietzsche
Forgive yourself for being a human creature, Ramezay. That is the beginning of wisdom; that is part of what is meant by the fear of God; and for you it is the only way to save your sanity. Begin now, or you will end up with your saint in the madhouse. Robertson Davies
You call yourself some kind of goddess and you know nothing, madam, nothing. What don't die can't live. What don't live can't change. What don't change can't learn. The smallest creature that dies in the grass knows more than you. Terry Prachett
Jonathan Carroll quote: "Yo can always take back the lost parts of yourself if you can..."
Yo can always take back the lost parts of yourself if you can find and recognize them. Jonathan Carroll
Madeleine L'Engle quote: "You are given the form, but you must write the sonnet for..."
You are given the form, but you must write the sonnet for yourself. Madeleine L'Engle
That most Substance-addicted people are also addicted to thinking, meaning tehy have a compulsive and unhealthy relationship with their own thinking. That the cute Boston AA term for this is 'analysis paralysis.' ... That other people can often see things about you that you yourself canno see, even if those people are stupid ... That having a lot of money does not immunize people from suffering or fear. That trying to dance sober is a whole different kettle of fish. David Foster Wallace
Bob Marley quote: "Judge not before you judge yourself. Judge not if you’re not..."
Judge not before you judge yourself. Judge not if you’re not ready for judgment. Bob Marley
Victor Hugo quote: "When I speak to you about myself, I’m speaking to you about..."
When I speak to you about myself, I’m speaking to you about yourself. How is it that you don’t see that? Victor Hugo

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