We are the sum of all we have done added to the sum of all that has been done to us.
What does who call me when?
What you are born to be, you will be, whether it be priest or sailor. So step up and be it. Let them do nothing to you. Be the one who shapes yourself. Be who you are, and eventually all will have to...
What you are born to be, you will be, whether it be priest or sailor. So step up and be it. Let them do nothing to you. Be the one who shapes yourself.
When circumstances are right, unlikely people do extraordinary things. When the weight of the world is behind them, the push of events and time itself will align to make incredible things happen.
When one has been disappointed for so long, hope becomes the enemy. One cannot be dashed to the earth unless one is lifted first, and I learned to avoid hope.
When you cut pieces out of the truth to avoid looking like a fool you end up looking like a moron instead.
Why, I suddenly wondered, had I wasted all those hours I could have spent with her? Why hadn’t I gone with them, to listen to a bedtime story or nursery song?
Yet I desperately wanted to share the news, as if grief were a heavy burden to be spread out among those who must bear it.
You know what I feel for you. You have known it for years. Let us not, you and I, alone here, pretend that you don’t. You know I love you. I always have. I always will
You'll do well, if you don't mire in self-pity. Self-pity only gets you more of the same. Don't waste time on it.
Perspicacious
Shall. I think I finally guessed then what
The fight isn’t over until you’ve won.
When you let go and follow your fate instead of trying to twist your life around and master it, a man finds that happiness follows him.
Leave the pain behind and let your life be your own again. There is a place where all time is now, and the choices are simple and always your own.Wolves have no kings
Any human who dared to attack a dragon deserved to die himself. And dead, of what use was he, unless someone ate him? She didn’t see why leaving a human to be eaten by worms was more acceptable.
Be very chary of telling your hoarded secrets. Many lose all power once they have been divulged. Be even more careful of sharing your own secrets lest you find yourself a puppet dancing on someone els...
Boys, I decided, simply have a given amount of rudeness they must express.
But all know that a woman cannot give her word to anyone, for women cannot possess honor. Women promise, and later they say, ‘I did not understand, I did not mean it that way, I thought those words me...
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