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“...от мига, когато срещнеш някого и го обикнеш, когато го залюлееш в мислите си, трябва да започнеш да се учиш да живееш без него.”
― Александър Секулов, Малката светица и портокалите

“I was halfway across America, at the dividing line between the East of my youth and the West of my future.”
― Jack Kerouac, On the Road

“When you catch yourself slipping into a pool of negativity, notice how it derives from nothing other than resistance to the current situation.”
― Donna Quesada, Buddha in the Classroom: Zen Wisdom to Inspire Teachers

“Belief is the wound that knowledge heals.”
― Ursula K. Le Guin, The Telling

“There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self.”
― Ernest Hemingway

“For your birthday, I got you a box. Hooray! It’s empty, so you can fill it with whatever you want.”
― Jarod Kintz, A Zebra is the Piano of the Animal Kingdom

“What need is there to weep over parts of life? The whole of it calls for tears.”
― Lucius Annaeus Seneca

“You hate America, don't you?'

That would be as silly as loving it,' I said. 'It's impossible for me to get emotional about it, because real estate doesn't interest me. It's no doubt a great flaw in my personality, but I can't think in terms of boundaries. Those imaginary lines are as unreal to me as elves and pixies. I can't believe that they mark the end or the beginning of anything of real concern to a human soul. Virtues and vices, pleasures and pains cross boundaries at will.”
― Kurt Vonnegut, Mother Night

“Power rules the world, not opinion, but it is opinion that exploits power.

It is power that makes opinion. To be easygoing can be a fine thing according to our opinion. Why? Because anyone who wants to dance the tightrope will be alone, and I can get together a stronger body of people to say there is nothing fine about it.”
― Blaise Pascal, Pensées