The story is told that a young man asked Socrates how he could get wisdom. “Come with me,” Socrates replied. He took the lad to a river and shoved his head underwater. He held it there until the boy struggled for air. Then he let him go.
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“You do not write your life with words...You write it with actions. What you think is not important. It is only important what you do.”
― A Monster Calls
― A Monster Calls
“When sorrows come, they come not single spies. But in battalions!”
― Hamlet
― Hamlet
“A jewel’s just a rock put under enormous heat and pressure. Extraordinary things are always hiding in places people never think to look.”
― My Sister's Keeper
― My Sister's Keeper
“A mind needs books like a sword needs a whetstone, if it is to keep its edge. That is why I read so much.”
― A Game of Thrones
― A Game of Thrones
“What made something precious? Losing it and finding it.”
― Everything I Never Told You
― Everything I Never Told You
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