"Itâ€™s a simple truth that a secret is something youâ€™re ashamed of."

-- Deb Caletti

#Simple Quotes #Secret Quotes #Ashamed Quotes

“When a fortune comes without calling, it's apt to leave without asking.”
“We don't have a particular plan. We just do what we do. This is the only way we know how to do it. We make the music that moves us. We use it as therapy. The songs are cathartic. They're ways of dealing with life experiences and the world around you. It's meant to be as a release for us as it is for other people.”
“If people knew the story of their lives, how many would then elect to live them?”
“Nothing is as it seems. Black can appear white when the light is blinding but white loses all luster at the faintest sign of darkness.”

Source : Christopher Pike (2013). “Thirst: Thirst No. 1; Thirst No. 2; Thirst”, p.594, Simon and Schuster
“In order to be truly free, you must desire to know the truth more than you want to feel good. Because, if feeling good is your goal, then as soon as you feel better you will lose interest in what is true. This does not mean that feeling good or experiencing love and bliss is a bad thing. Given the choice, anyone would choose to feel bliss rather than sorrow. It simply means that if this desire to feel good is stronger than the yearning to see, know, and experience Truth, then this desire will always be distorting the perception of what is Real, while corrupting one's deepest integrity.”
“If the challenge to fight was there, I always took it.”
“And if you look at the experience of Turkey, for example, where the modern Islamists are in power and are doing fine - this is very good. Because democracy is not possible in the Muslim world without bringing in the Islamists or part of the Islamists who hate us now into these governments.”
“Getting caught masturbating sucks. I got caught masturbating in jail 7 or 8 times, it really sucks.”

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