"Quit being so hard on yourself. We are what we are; we love what we love. We don't need to justify it to anyone... not even to ourselves."

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Source : Scott Lynch (2013). “The Republic of Thieves”, p.489, Del Rey

Scott Lynch

#Words Of Wisdom Quotes #Needs Quotes #Quitting Quotes

“To stand up for someone was to stitch your fate into the lining of theirs.”

Source : Tom Rob Smith (2009). “Child 44”, p.126, Simon and Schuster
“Im plain incapable of getting angry with Angela Merkel and likewise.”
“A traveler amid the scenery of the Alps, surrounded by the sublimest demonstration of God's power, had the hardihood to write against his name, in an album kept for visitors, "An atheist." Another who followed, shocked and indignant at the inscription, wrote beneath it, If an atheist, a fool; if not, a liar!”
“God know that a mother need fortitude and courage and tolerance and flexibility and patience and firmness and nearly every other brave aspect of the human soul.”
“We find ourselves ethically destitute just when, for the first time, we are faced with ultimacy, the irreversible closing down of the earth's functioning in its major life systems. Our ethical traditions know how to deal with suicide, homicide and even genocide, but these traditions collapse entirely when confronted with biocide, the killing of the life systems of the earth, and geocide, the devastation of the earth itself.”
“Only to two or three persons in all the world are the reminiscences of a man's early youth interesting: to the parent who nursed him; to the fond wife or child mayhap afterwards who loves him; to himself always and supremely--whatever may be his actual prosperity or ill fortune, his present age, illness, difficulties, renown, or disappointments--the dawn of his life still shines brightly for him, the early griefs and delights and attachments remain with him ever faithful and dear.”
“At eighty-two, I feel like a twenty-year-old, but, unfortunately, there's never one around.”
“I just want to be in the moment and enjoy the outdoors and nature. Be able to take advantage of all the things God provided for us. That would be really nice.”

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