"She tortured everybody around her, but only because she was more tortured than anyone."

-- Lev Grossman

“We ought never to sport with pain and distress in any of our amusements, or treat even the meanest insect with wanton cruelty.”

Source : Hugh Blair, Alfred Howard (Esq.) (1810). “The Beauties of Blair: Consisting of Selections from His Works”, p.18
“I would have given my right arm to have been a pianist.”
“Could you get O positive this time? That's my favorite.”
“Life is not like a novel, but a novel can be like life. The best ones always are.”

Source : Aidan Chambers (2012). “Dying to Know You”, p.96, Abrams
“Life will break you. Nobody can protect you from that, and living alone won't either, for solitude will also break you with its yearning. You have to love. You have to feel. It is the reason you are here on earth.”
“No, she knows you're here. She can see through the camouflage. But I think she's hiding something from me, and I'm waiting for the other shoe to drop. Never mind. Just listen. Once she drinks the tea, she will try ot surprise me with something. She is waiting for the contrast to be fully in effect before she says anything. I knew I never should have let you watch The Wizard of Oz.”
“There's a depth of meaning all on its own in awareness being gentled. From within the subtlety of being gentled, the level of perception changes. Instead of perceiving the obviousness of experience, you're able as awareness to perceive most subtle meaning.”
“It is not that we have too little time to do all the things we need to do , it is that we feel the need to do too many things in the time we have.”

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