“What a silly thing love is!' said the student as he walked away. 'It is not half as useful as logic, for it does not prove anything, and it is always telling one of things that are not going to happen, and making one believe things that are not true. In fact, it is quite unpractical, and, as in this age to be practical is everything, I shall go back to philosophy and study metaphysics.'
So he returned to his room and pulled out a great dusty book, and began to read.”
― The Happy Prince and Other Tales
So he returned to his room and pulled out a great dusty book, and began to read.”
― The Happy Prince and Other Tales
“I suppose it is tempting, if the only tool you have is a hammer, to treat everything as if it were a nail.”
― Toward a Psychology of Being
― Toward a Psychology of Being
“We cannot expect people to have respect for law and order until we teach respect to those we have entrusted to enforce those laws.”
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“I don't like when someone we're close friends with hides something from me. It feels like I can't be trusted.”
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“You can't stop the future
You can't rewind the past
The only way to learn the secret
...is to press play.”
― Thirteen Reasons Why
You can't rewind the past
The only way to learn the secret
...is to press play.”
― Thirteen Reasons Why
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