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“It's too easy, you see, to get trapped in the past. The past is very seductive. People always talk about the mists of time, you know, but really it's the present that's in a mist, uncertain. The past is quite clear, and warm, and comforting. That's why people often get stuck there.”
― Mariana
― Mariana
“Every day is a new day. It is better to be lucky. But I would rather be exact. Then when luck comes you are ready.”
― The Old Man and the Sea
― The Old Man and the Sea
“We don't attach to people or to things; we attach to uninvestigated concepts that we believe to tbe true in the moment.”
― Loving What Is: Four Questions That Can Change Your Life
― Loving What Is: Four Questions That Can Change Your Life
“The past can teach us, nurture us, but it cannot sustain us. The essence of life is change, and we must move ever forward or the soul will wither and die.”
― Mariana
― Mariana
“If a hiker gets lost in the mountains, people will coordinate a search. If a train crashes, people will line up to give blood. If an earthquake levels a city, people all over the world will send emergency supplies. This is so fundamentally human that it's found in every culture without exception. Yes, there are assholes who just don't care, but they're massively outnumbered by the people who do.”
― The Martian
― The Martian
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