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Gilbert Parker
"There's no credit in not doing what you don't want to do. There's no virtue in not falling, when you're not tempted."
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Source : Gilbert Parker (1907). “The Weavers: A Tale of England and Egypt of Fifty Years Ago”, p.240, Library of Alexandria
Gilbert Parker
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“What is love? Love is playing every game as if it's your last!”
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“Man is literally split in two: he has an awareness of his own splendid uniqueness in that he sticks out of nature with a towering majesty, and yet he goes back into the ground a few feet in order blindly and dumbly to rot and disappear forever.”
Source : Ernest Becker (2007). “The Denial of Death”, p.26, Simon and Schuster
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“I am his, and he is mine, and it has been that way all along.”
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“Prescription for Life-long Happiness: Purpose enough for satisfaction; Work enough for sustenance; Sanity enough to know when to play and rest; Wealth enough for basic needs; Affection enough to like many and love a few; Self-respect enough to love yourself; Charity enough to give to others in need; Courage enough to face difficulties; Creativity enough to solve problems; Humor enough to laugh at will; Hope enough to expect an interesting tomorrow; Gratitude enough to appreciate what you have; Health enough to enjoy life for all its worth.”
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“Writing is mainly perspiration, not inspiration.”
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“So this is how life was, she thought with a faint smile: It wore you down until you emerged at its wildest, most unexpected ends.”
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“Fear is the contradiction of faith. Faith says, Whatever it is, it'll be okay because of God.”
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“It began as research. I wrote of silences, of nights, I scribbled the indescribable. I tied down the vertigo.”