“The only time we waste is the time we spend thinking we are alone.”
― The Five People You Meet in Heaven
― The Five People You Meet in Heaven
“The mark of the immature man is that he wants to die nobly for a cause, while the mark of the mature man is that he wants to live humbly for one.”
― The Catcher in the Rye
― The Catcher in the Rye
“...he'll come back. We all come back, Kate. These private little revolutions always die. The compromise is always made. In a peculiar way. Frank is right-- every man does have a star. The star of one's honesty. And you spend your life groping for it, but once it's out it never lights again. I don't think he went very far. He probably just wanted to be alone to watch his star go out.”
― All My Sons
― All My Sons
“There are no random acts...We are all connected...You can no more separate one life from another than you can separate a breeze from the wind...”
― The Five People You Meet in Heaven
― The Five People You Meet in Heaven
“Sacrifice is a part of life. It's supposed to be. It's not something to regret. It's something to aspire to.”
― The Five People You Meet in Heaven
― The Five People You Meet in Heaven
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