“Society never advances. It recedes as fast on one side as it gains on the other. It undergoes continual changes; it is barbarous, it is civilized, it is christianized, it is rich, it is scientific; but this change is not amelioration. For every thing that is given, something is taken.”
― Self-Reliance and Other Essays
― Self-Reliance and Other Essays
“Love always won in the end. No matter how it happened, no matter what it took, no matter what it meant. Fair or not, true or not, love won.”
― One More Thing: Stories and Other Stories
― One More Thing: Stories and Other Stories
“Love always won.”
― One More Thing: Stories and Other Stories
― One More Thing: Stories and Other Stories
“If you love something, let it go.
If you don't love something, definitely let it go.
Basically, just drop everything, who cares.”
― One More Thing: Stories and Other Stories
If you don't love something, definitely let it go.
Basically, just drop everything, who cares.”
― One More Thing: Stories and Other Stories
“All eyes are beautiful, I said, which is why it’s such an easy compliment.”
― One More Thing: Stories and Other Stories
― One More Thing: Stories and Other Stories
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