"I guess my life hasnâ€™t always been happy, or easy, or exactly what I want. At a certain point, I just have to try not to think too much about certain things, or else theyâ€™ll break my heart."

-- Jonathan Franzen

#Heart Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Trying Quotes

“Serendipity was my tour guide, assisted by caprice”
“She rested her head against his and felt, for the first time, what she would often feel with him: a self-affection. He made her like herself. With him, she was at ease; her skin felt as though it was her right size.. It seemed so natural, to talk to him about odd things. She had never done that before. The trust, so sudden and yet so complete, and the intimacy, frightened her.. But now she could think only of all the things she yet wanted to tell him, wanted to do with him.”
“You have to develop that peace of mind within yourself by which you can become the witness of yourself first. You should be able to witness yourself and see what are the things, which are putting you down.”
“We have no more fundamental obligation in government than to ensure the safety of our citizens.”
“The luckiest thing that ever happened to me was that my father didn't believe in God, and so he had no hang-ups about souls.”
“One will develop ruchi (liking) for chanting of the holy names, when one has compassion for each and every living being.”
“I love the theatre. It's a perfect life for an actor: you can do a couple of movies and then go and do a play, and then go back and do another movie. It's a nice way to live your life.”
“When the human race has once acquired a superstition, nothing short of death is ever likely to remove it.”

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