"You're too good for this world, and because of that the world will eventually crush you."

-- Paul Auster

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“Only two things you ignore: things that aren't important and things you wish weren't important, and wishing never works.”

Source : "Fictional character: Lucas". TV Series "House" ("Not Cancer", 2008), 2004-2012.
“With our blogs and tweets, digital cameras, and unlimited-gigabyte e-mail archives, participation in the online culture now means creating a trail of always present, ever searchable, unforgetting external memories that only grows as one ages.”

Source : Joshua Foer (2011). “Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything”, p.112, Penguin
“The people who are the best in the world specialize at getting really good at the questions they don't know.”
“I was vegetarian for a long time, and in the last four years I started eating chicken and fish. I feel like it really built up my strength a lot.”
“Kitten, you still havenâ€™t told her? Blimey, what are you waiting for?â€ â€œThe Second Coming of Christ!â€ I snapped.”
“And exactly how does a miserable face help the war effort?" he asked sharply, his mood beginning to change. "Will a frown bring back the dead or fortify a town? If I allow myself to laugh in the face of misery, I rest my mind from the stress of it all, and then it'll work the better for you and your war. And if I'm really to be one of your advisers, Your Majesty, accept this piece of advise: Take happiness where and when you find it, because there is going to be precious little of it in the next few months!”

Source : Stuart Hill (2011). “The Icemark Chronicles #1: Cry of the Icemark”, p.162, Scholastic Inc.
“No matter how sinful one may have been, if he has devotion to Mary, it is impossible that he be lost.”
“Considering retirement? When that happens, I don't want that to be the story of whatever the season it is. I don't want to have to be talking about it all the time. My plan is when the time is up, it'll be time to hang it up. When that comes, it'll come. But right now, I don't have any clue as to when that'll be. It's been that way the last couple of years. . . . I've often felt if I ever get to a point where I don't want to go recruiting and can't get excited about it, then maybe it's time. That's a pretty good indication that's probably it. And I haven't reached that point at all yet.”

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