Jay
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“We do not believe in ourselves until someone reveals that deep inside us something is valuable, worth listening to, worthy of our trust, sacred to our touch. Once we believe in ourselves we can risk curiosity, wonder, spontaneous delight or any experience that reveals the human spirit.”
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“We need not to be let alone. We need to be really bothered once in a while. How long is it since you were really bothered? About something important, about something real?”
― Fahrenheit 451
― Fahrenheit 451
“Thoughts are divine.”
― Orlando
― Orlando
“That's the thing about books. They let you travel without moving your feet.”
― The Namesake
― The Namesake
“And I want to be held down. I don't know what to do with the horrifying freedom that can destroy me.”
― The Passion According to G.H.
― The Passion According to G.H.
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