"I seek strength, not to be greater than other, but to fight my greatest enemy, the doubts within myself"

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Source : P. C. Cast, Kristin Cast (2013). “House of Night Series”, p.154, Macmillan

P. C. Cast

#Fighting Quotes #Enemy Quotes #Doubt Quotes

“Know that life can only be found in the present moment.”
“It seems to me that [my films] are talking about very simple and, I hope, universal feelings. And at the same time, even though they are set in a very weird world with elements that are irrational, at the same time, it's very close to an ordinary world. And I like to have this third feeling of mystery.”
“It was one of those momentsâ€”which sometimes occur only at the interval of yearsâ€”when a man's moral aspect is faithfully revealed to his mind's eye. Not improbably, he had never before viewed himself as he did now.”
“To be a teacher you have to have a very giving, selfless personality. I don't think I'm that selfless and giving.”
“The whole publicity machine is a very weird one. It's kind of a necessary part of what we do here, but this helps me keep grounded.”
“If you are waiting for anything in order to live and love without holding back, then you suffer.”
“I used to think truth was eternal, that once I knew, once I saw, it would be with me forever, a constant by which everything else could be measured. I know now that this isnâ€™t so, that most truths are inherently unretainable, that we have to work hard all our lives to remember the most basic things.”

Source : Lucy Grealy (1994). “Autobiography of a Face”, p.233, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
“If you accept full responsibility for yourself, you will be released forever from expectation, resentment, blame and guilt.”

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