

“We all know, however, that the enormous weight of tradition, habit, and custom that occupies the greater part of our brain bears down pitilessly on the more brilliant and innovative ideas of which the remaining part is capable, and although it is true that, in some cases, this weight can balance the excesses and extravagances of the imagination that would lead us God knows where were they given free rein, it is equally true that it often has a way of subtly submitting what we believed to be our free will to unconscious tropisms, like a plant that does not know why it will always have to lean toward the side from which the light comes.”
― The Double
― The Double

“毓丕乇賮 廿賳鬲 賲卮賰賱鬲賰 廿賷賴 責.. 廿賳賰 賲卮 毓丕乇賮 廿賳鬲 毓丕賵夭 廿賷賴 .. 丨鬲賶 賰賱賲丞 亘丨亘賰 賲卮 禺丕乇噩丞 賲賳賰.. 亘鬲丕禺賮 賲賳賴丕 賷丕 亘乇噩 丕賱丿賱賵.. 亘鬲禺丕賮 丨丿 賷卮賵賮 賲卮丕毓乇賰.. 卮賵賮 亘賯丕賱賳丕 賯丿 廿賷賴 賲毓 亘毓囟 賵毓賲乇賰 賲丕 賯賱鬲 丕賱賱賷 噩賵丕賰.. 賲毓 廿賳賴 胤丕賮丨 賮賷 毓賷賳賷賰.. 亘鬲禺丕賮 丨鬲賶 賲賳 賳賮爻賰 .. 毓丕賵夭賳賶 兀賮囟賱 賯乇賷亘丞.. 亘爻 賲卮 賯乇賷亘丞 兀賵賷”
― 鬲乇丕亘 丕賱賲丕爻
― 鬲乇丕亘 丕賱賲丕爻

“As mankind grew obsessed with its hours, the sorrow of lost time became a permanent hole in the human heart. People fretted over missed chances, over inefficient days; they worried constantly about how long they would live, because counting life鈥檚 moments had led, inevitably, to counting them down. Soon, in every nation and in every language, time became the most precious commodity.”
― The Time Keeper
― The Time Keeper

“I know what it's like to sleep in fear, to starve myself to be worthy, to be ashamed of my voice, to want to sleep forever. To question why I deserve to live.”
― Mended: Thoughts on Life, Love, and Leaps of Faith
― Mended: Thoughts on Life, Love, and Leaps of Faith

“How we see God is a direct reflection of how we see ourselves. If God brings to mind mostly fear and blame, it means there is too much fear and blame welled inside us. If we see God as full of love and compassion, so are we.”
― The Forty Rules of Love
― The Forty Rules of Love
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