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It is the lonely hour of the night, one with which he is all too familiar—when the city sleeps but you don’t, and all the regrets of your life rage in your mind with an unbearable intensity.
“The whole point of adventure is that it is unplanned; a leap in the dark, verging on the unfortunate, offering glimpses of danger; and what separates adventure from disaster is that you live to tell the tale.”
― Figures In A Landscape: People and Places
― Figures In A Landscape: People and Places
“We may not be cows or buffalo, but we ruminate just the same on our thoughts—unfortunately, primarily negative thoughts. We eat them, and then we bring them up to chew again and again, like a cow chewing its cud.”
― Silence: The Power of Quiet in a World Full of Noise
― Silence: The Power of Quiet in a World Full of Noise
“When you are dead, you don't know that you are dead. It's pain only for others. It's the same thing when you are stupid.”
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“But I see nothing miraculous about it. Nothing makes one as healthy as happiness, and there is no greater happiness than making someone else happy.”
― Letter from an Unknown Woman and Other Stories
― Letter from an Unknown Woman and Other Stories
“Lead me, follow me, or get the hell out of my way.”
― The Patton principles
― The Patton principles
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