"The mind's deepest desire, even in its most elaborate operations, parallels man's unconscious feeling in the face of his universe: it is an insistence upon familiarity, an appetite for clarity."

-- Albert Camus

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“Success in any endeavor does not happen by accident. Rather, itâ€™s the result of deliberate decisions, conscious effort, and immense persistence...all directed at specific goals.”
“I was sitting at home and had a profound experience. I experienced, in all of my Being, that someday I was going to die, and it wouldn't be like it had been happening, almost dying but somehow staying alive, but I would just die! And two things would happen right before I died: I would regret my entire life; I would want to live it over again. This terrified me. The thought that I would live my entire life, look at it and realize I blew it forced me to do something with my life.”
“Don't fret. We'll just have to find something else you're good at besides killing people.”

Source : Clare B. Dunkle (2006). “Close Kin: Book II -- The Hollow Kingdom Trilogy”, p.16, Macmillan
“The very stone one kicks with one's boot will outlast Shakespeare.”
“Gracious acceptance is an art - an art which most never bother to cultivate. We think that we have to learn how to give, but we forget about accepting things, which can be much harder than giving.... Accepting another person's gift is allowing him to express his feelings for you.”
“My mother says that pain is hidden in everyone you see. She says try to imagine it like big bunches of flowers that everyone is carrying around with them. Think of your pain like a big bunch of red roses, a beautiful thorn necklace. Everyone has one.”
“I can go out in public without being recognized. If I want to be recognized in public, it will happen.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“I was never less alone than when by myself.”

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