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“It is only half an hour’–’It is only an afternoon’–’It is only an evening,’ people say to me over and over again; but they don’t know that it is impossible to command one’s self sometimes to any stipulated and set disposal of five minutes–or that the mere consciousness of an engagement will sometime worry a whole day… Who ever is devoted to an art must be content to deliver himself wholly up to it, and to find his recompense in it. I am grieved if you suspect me of not wanting to see you, but I can’t help it; I must go in my way whether or no.”
― Charles Dickens rejecting an invitation from a friend

“Philosophers are very patient people, but engineers are far less patient, and investors are the least patient of all.”
― Yuval Noah Harari, 21 Lessons for the 21st Century

“One of the greatest fictions of all is to deny the complexity of the world and think in absolute terms:”
― Yuval Noah Harari, 21 Lessons for the 21st Century

“Humans think in stories rather than in facts, numbers, or equations, and the simpler the story, the better.”
― Yuval Noah Harari, 21 Lessons for the 21st Century

“Humans were always far better at inventing tools than using them wisely.”
― Yuval Noah Harari, 21 Lessons for the 21st Century

“We should never underestimate human stupidity. Both on the personal and on the collective level, humans are prone to engage in self-destructive activities.”
― Yuval Noah Harari, 21 Lessons for the 21st Century

“Because we always bring ourselves with us wherever we go. It’s one of the universal truths of life.”
― Nicholas Sparks, The Wish

“In what world do men and women pay the same price for passion?”
― S.A. Chakraborty, The City of Brass

“realize how different she was from the people around her, like being the only sighted person in a world of the blind.”
― S.A. Chakraborty, The City of Brass

“To place the responsibility for your happiness on anybody other than yourself is a recipe for misery.”
― Will Smith, Will

“Life is like school, with one key difference—in school you get the lesson, and then you take the test. But in life, you get the test, and it’s your job to take the lesson.”
― Will Smith, Will

“Confucius had it right: It’s nearly impossible for the quality of your life to be higher than the quality of your friends.”
― Will Smith, Will

“Choosing the city you live in is as important as choosing your life partner.”
― Will Smith, Will

“It was the deepest, existential human question. It may be the most important question that we as humans ever ask each other. Does it matter to you how I feel?”
― Will Smith, Will

“dreams are built on discipline; discipline is built on habits; habits are built on training. And training takes place in every single second and every situation of your life:”
― Will Smith, Will

“We had concluded that no one can make a person happy. You can make a person smile; you can compose a moment that helps a person to feel good; you can deliver a joke that makes a person laugh; you can create an environment where a person feels safe. We can and must be helpful and kind and loving, but whether a person is happy or not is utterly out of your control. Every person must wage a solitary internal war for their own contentment.”
― Will Smith, Will

“No matter what you're going through, there is always another brick sitting right there in front of you, waiting to be laid. The only question is, are you going to get up and lay it?”
― Will Smith, Will

“The bigger the fantasy you live, the more painful the inevitable collision with reality.”
― Will Smith, Will

“Desire is what you want; purpose is the flowering of what you are.”
― Will Smith, Will

“Most of us miss out on life’s big prizes. The Pulitzer. The Nobel. Oscars. Tonys. Emmys. But we are all eligible for life’s small pleasures. A pat on the back. A kiss behind the ear. A four pound bass. A full moon. An empty parking space. A crackling fire. A great meal. A glorious sunset. Hot soup. Cold beer. Don’t fret about getting life’s grand awards. Enjoy its tiny delights. There are plenty for all of us.”
― Robin S. Sharma, Family Wisdom From The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari

“Reading is escape, and the opposite of escape; it's a way to make contact with reality after a day of making things up, and it's a way of making contact with someone else's imagination after a day that's all too real.”
― Nora Ephron

“Fate or not, our lives are still the results of our choices.”
― Taylor Jenkins Reid, Maybe in Another Life

“Words dazzle and deceive because they are mimed by the face. But black words on a white page are the soul laid bare.”
― Guy de Maupassant

“***HERE IS A SMALL FACT***
You are going to die.”
― Markus Zusak, The Book Thief

“They say nothing lasts forever but they're just scared it will last longer than they can love it.”
― Ocean Vuong, On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous

“I miss you more than I remember you.”
― Ocean Vuong, On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous

“Because the sunset, like survival, exists only on the verge of its own disappearing. To be gorgeous, you must first be seen, but to be seen allows you to be hunted.”
― Ocean Vuong, On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous

“I'm sorry I keep saying How are you? when I really mean Are you happy?”
― Ocean Vuong, On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous

“Who will be lost in the story we tell ourselves? Who will be lost in ourselves?”
― Ocean Vuong, On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous

“Everything good is always somewhere else.”
― Ocean Vuong, On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous