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"What the fuck is this? Im only in the beginning but im getting nothing useful... its like plastering bunch of already common knowledge together" — Dec 01, 2016 06:52AM
"What the fuck is this? Im only in the beginning but im getting nothing useful... its like plastering bunch of already common knowledge together" — Dec 01, 2016 06:52AM
“Nature didn't need an operation to be beautiful. It just was.”
― The Uglies Trilogy
― The Uglies Trilogy
“Less squeaky, more sneaky.”
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“Oftentimes we call Life bitter names, but only when we ourselves are bitter and dark. And we deem her empty and unprofitable, but only when the soul goes wandering in desolate places, and the heart is drunken with overmindfulness of self.
Life is deep and high and distant; and though only your vast vision can reach even her feet, yet she is near; and though only the breath of your breath reaches her heart, the shadow of your shadow crosses her face, and the echo of your faintest cry becomes a spring and an autumn in her breast.
And life is veiled and hidden, even as your greater self is hidden and veiled. Yet when Life speaks, all the winds become words; and when she speaks again, the smiles upon your lips and the tears in your eyes turn also into words. When she sings, the deaf hear and are held; and when she comes walking, the sightless behold her and are amazed and follow her in wonder and astonishment.”
― The Garden of The Prophet
Life is deep and high and distant; and though only your vast vision can reach even her feet, yet she is near; and though only the breath of your breath reaches her heart, the shadow of your shadow crosses her face, and the echo of your faintest cry becomes a spring and an autumn in her breast.
And life is veiled and hidden, even as your greater self is hidden and veiled. Yet when Life speaks, all the winds become words; and when she speaks again, the smiles upon your lips and the tears in your eyes turn also into words. When she sings, the deaf hear and are held; and when she comes walking, the sightless behold her and are amazed and follow her in wonder and astonishment.”
― The Garden of The Prophet
“I only sleep with people I love, which is why I have insomnia.”
― The Asylum for Wayward Victorian Girls
― The Asylum for Wayward Victorian Girls
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