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Retta’s Quotes

“Just follow that one road the whole time!... I hope they don't get lost, I'm so bad at giving directions..”
― Gregory Maguire, Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West

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“The five following are the principal circumstances which, (...), make up for a small pecuniary gain
in some employments, and counterbalance a great one in others. First, the agreeableness or disagreeableness of the employments themselves; secondly, the easiness and cheapness, or the difficulty and expense of learning them; thirdly, the constancy or inconstancy of employment in them; fourthly, the small or great trust which must be reposed in those who exercise them; and, fifthly, the probability or improbability of success in them.”
― Adam Smith, An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations

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“He responded a few minutes later.

Okay.

I wrote back.

Okay.

He responded:

Oh, my God, stop flirting with me!”
― John Green, The Fault in Our Stars

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“لكي تعيش عليك أن تعاني ، ولكي تبقى عليك أن تجد معنى للمعاناة. وإذا كان هناك هدف في الحياة، فإنه يوجد بالتالي هدف في المعاناة وفي الموت.”
― فيكتور إيميل فرانكل, Man's Search for Meaning

tags: حياة-معاناة

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“Lastly, she pictured to herself how this same little sister of hers would, in the after-time, be herself a grown woman; and how she would keep, through all her riper years, the simple and loving heart of her childhood: and how she would gather about her other little children, and make their eyes bright and eager with many a strange tale, perhaps even with the dream of Wonderland of long ago: and how she would feel with all their simple sorrows, and find a pleasure in all their simple joys, remembering her own child-life, and the happy summer days.”
― Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland

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