"There are two things which make it impossible to believe that this world is the successful work of an all-wise, all-good, and at the same time, all-powerful being; firstly, the misery which abounds in it everywhere; and secondly, the obvious imperfection of its highest product, man, who is a burlesque of what he should be."

-- Arthur Schopenhauer

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“I'm fine, but I'm bipolar. I'm on seven medications, and I take medication three times a day. This constantly puts me in touch with the illness I have. I'm never quite allowed to be free of that for a day. It's like being a diabetic.”
“Ned passed the next few minutes quietly not dying in his office, and was pleased with how well it was going. He'd stayed alive longer, but now that he was concentrating on it, it felt more like an accomplishment.”

Source : A. Lee Martinez (2007). “In the Company of Ogres”, p.119, Macmillan
“A lot of people don't know this, but when 'Dancing with the Stars' first asked me to be on the show, I said no, because I wanted to act and to be taken seriously.”
“Anyone with a grain of sense would know that if I punched my wife I would rip her head off. It's all lies. I have never laid a finger on her.”
“Father Jude Nnorom says he hopes the pope's travels in Africa will help end all the wars ravaging the continent.”
“Just like the Perimeter! It never rains but it pours," declared the Major.”
“I'm too much of a control freak.”

Source : "What went right?". Interview with Dave Simpson, www.theguardian.com. January 28, 2001.
“Trouble is another word for fate; what troubles us the most is what we are fated to one day face. What troubles us in youth will return at each crossroad in life because it secretly seeks to provoke a deep awakening to the unique way that we are intended to live.”

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