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“Two roads diverged in a wood, and I -
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.”
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I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.”
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“Who are you?"
"No one of consequence."
"I must know."
"Get used to disappointment.”
― The Princess Bride
"No one of consequence."
"I must know."
"Get used to disappointment.”
― The Princess Bride
“So long as we are brave enough to accept the consequences of our actions, no one can take away our freedom of choice.”
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“Whether you try too hard to fit in or you try too hard to stand out, it is of equal consequence: you exhaust your significance.”
― Healology
― Healology
“And yet, sometimes facts are no more than pitiful consequences, because guilt does not reside in our acts but in the intentions that give rise to our act. Everything turns on our intentions.”
― Embers
― Embers
“Each man lived his own life and paid his own price for living it. The only pity was one had to pay so often for a single fault. One had to pay over and over again, indeed. In her dealings with man, Destiny never closed her accounts.”
― The Picture of Dorian Gray
― The Picture of Dorian Gray
“Tennis taught me so many lessons in life. One of the things it taught me is that every ball that comes to me, I have to make a decision. I have to accept responsibility for the consequences every time I hit a ball.”
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“I don't want any funny business, and above all I don't want to be dragged into other people's funny business. If it's to be my head on the block, I want to know that it's doing there, and not that it's some stupid things that other people have done.”
― Every Man Dies Alone
― Every Man Dies Alone
“And now, no matter what I thought I had done or why I did it, it has become completely untrue because of what I have done since.”
― People Live Still in Cashtown Corners
― People Live Still in Cashtown Corners
“At various points in our lives, or on a quest, for reasons that often remain obscure , we are driven to make decisions which prove with hindsight to be loaded with meaning.”
― Once on a Moonless Night
― Once on a Moonless Night
“Most often, what I don’t know will have a vastly greater bearing on my life that what I do know.”
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“Anne’s is a world very like this one, and you can move about in it with familiarity - but not freedom: it is a place of rigorous consequence, where the weak have to give way to the strong, where her governess heroine Agnes must walk as best she can in the cold shade of money and masculinity.”
― The Taste of Sorrow
― The Taste of Sorrow
“Choice’ and ‘consequence’ are the two sides of a single coin. And the fool bent upon selfish ambition will adamantly declare that it is entirely possible to mint a coin with only one side.”
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“The words grew large in the night air, kept expanding, until I felt they were important beyond measure.
"How did the world get this way?"
"I don't know. Because of people, Borne. We did this to ourselves." We were still doing it to ourselves.”
― Borne
"How did the world get this way?"
"I don't know. Because of people, Borne. We did this to ourselves." We were still doing it to ourselves.”
― Borne
“My spirit will rise from the grave, not to prove I was right, but to show the world what happens when lies are worshipped as destiny.”
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“We can't keep waiting for the right time or for the right person. Let's just proceed with the faith that fate would not let us choose wrongly.”
― Sips And Little Portions
― Sips And Little Portions
“Faith petitions the heavens.
Nature delivers the verdict.”
― REALITY BOWS TO NO OPINION: A Field Manual for Truth in an Age of Noise
Nature delivers the verdict.”
― REALITY BOWS TO NO OPINION: A Field Manual for Truth in an Age of Noise
“Power Must Be Tethered to Consequence.”
― Contained Autonomy: A Framework for Liberty, Intelligence, and Ethical Containment in the Age of AI
― Contained Autonomy: A Framework for Liberty, Intelligence, and Ethical Containment in the Age of AI
“Experience is Yours. Truth is Not.”
― Contained Autonomy: A Framework for Liberty, Intelligence, and Ethical Containment in the Age of AI
― Contained Autonomy: A Framework for Liberty, Intelligence, and Ethical Containment in the Age of AI
“He looked tired, irritated, and slightly defeated. It was beautiful.”
― Avon Brook Hotel | Complete Edition: A collection of short stories set in the 1970s
― Avon Brook Hotel | Complete Edition: A collection of short stories set in the 1970s
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