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“It is better, I think, to grab at the stars than to sit flustered because you know you cannot reach them.”
― Sojourn
― Sojourn
“A conscious fruit fly would have to confront exactly the same difficulties, the same kind of insoluble problems as man.”
― The Trouble With Being Born
― The Trouble With Being Born
“You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them.”
― Letter to My Daughter
― Letter to My Daughter
“Becoming fearless isn't the point. That's impossible. It's learning how to control your fear, and how to be free from it.”
― Divergent
― Divergent
“I get along quite well with someone only when he is at his lowest point and has neither the desire nor the strength to restore his habitual illusions.”
― The Trouble With Being Born
― The Trouble With Being Born
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