Nilay Parikh
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“But nobody ever tells you in advance when you should concentrate on the good times-that's why you're supposed to do it every day.”
― After Ever After
― After Ever After
“Life is like a camera. Focus on what's important. Capture the good times. And if things don't work out, just take another shot.”
― Economic Warfare: Secrets of Wealth Creation in the Age of Welfare Politics
― Economic Warfare: Secrets of Wealth Creation in the Age of Welfare Politics
“Everybody wanted to be the hero of their own story. Nobody wanted to be comic relief.”
― The Magician King
― The Magician King
“There are two kinds of people in this world. Those who walk into a room and say ‘Here I am’ and those who walk into a room and say, ‘There you are.”
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“Break the glass, I thought to myself, because it is a symbolic gesture. Try to understand that within myself, things were breaking of much more importance than a glass, and I’m happy for that. Look to your own inner struggles and break this glass.
Our parents taught us to be careful with glasses and with our bodies. They taught us that the passions of childhood are impossible; we should not remove men from the priesthood, that people do not perform miracles and that no one goes on a journey without knowing where he wants to go.
Break this cup, please, I thought to myself, and release of all these damn misconceptions, the habit you have of only doing that which everyone agrees with.”
― By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept
Our parents taught us to be careful with glasses and with our bodies. They taught us that the passions of childhood are impossible; we should not remove men from the priesthood, that people do not perform miracles and that no one goes on a journey without knowing where he wants to go.
Break this cup, please, I thought to myself, and release of all these damn misconceptions, the habit you have of only doing that which everyone agrees with.”
― By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept
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