"Armour... is part of a state of mind... in which you admit the possibility... of being hit."

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Source : Joe Abercrombie (2012). “The Heroes: A First Law Novel”, p.88, Hachette UK

Joe Abercrombie

#Mind Quotes #Possibility Quotes #States Quotes

“Don't be absent from your own life.”

Source : "16 Commencement Speeches That'll Change Your Views About Work, Love, and Money" by Jillian Kramer, www.glamour.com.
“A man who has not passed through the inferno of his passions has never overcome them.”
“Osho's books inspire me to meditate. They give me peace of mind.”
“What we seek, at the deepest level, is inwardly to resemble, rather than physically to possess, the objects and places that touch us through their beauty.”
“Compare what you want with what you have, and you'll be unhappy; compare what you deserve with what you have, and you'll be happy.”
“Am I athletic? In my dreams.”
“I just come do what I've got to do, play my game. And I don't worry if anybody likes it.”
“It is better, however, for his own reputation that the story-teller should risk a few actions for libel on account of these unfortunate coincidences than that he should adopt the melancholy device of using blanks or asterisks.”

Source : James Payn (1882). “Sammlung”

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