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The Cactus
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And anyway, I told myself, I was tough, already proficient at detaching myself from what was going on around me and stifling any emotional reaction to it.
“The end of suffering does not justify the suffering, and so there is no end to suffering,”
― Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
― Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
“I said before, that I have learnt much by guiding others. In the first place I see that all souls have more or less the same battles to fight, and on the other hand, that one soul differs widely from another, so each must be dealt with differently.”
― Story of a Soul: The Autobiography of St. Therese of Lisieux
― Story of a Soul: The Autobiography of St. Therese of Lisieux
“All for one and one for all, united we stand divided we fall.”
― The Three Musketeers
― The Three Musketeers
“All God asks of you is good will. From the top of the ladder He looks lovingly upon you, and soon, touched by your fruitless efforts, He will Himself come down, and, taking you in His Arms, will carry you to His Kingdom never again to leave Him. But should you cease to raise your foot, you will be left for long on the earth.”
― Story of a Soul: The Autobiography of St. Therese of Lisieux
― Story of a Soul: The Autobiography of St. Therese of Lisieux
“He—that's Simon Bolivar—was shaken by the overwhelming revelation that the headlong race between his misfortunes and his dreams was at that moment reaching the finish line. The rest was darkness. Damn it," he sighed. "'How will I ever get out of this labyrinth!'
"So what's the labyrinth?" I asked her.
"That's the mystery, isn't it? Is the labyrinth living or dying? Which is he trying to escape—the world or the end of it?”
― Looking for Alaska
"So what's the labyrinth?" I asked her.
"That's the mystery, isn't it? Is the labyrinth living or dying? Which is he trying to escape—the world or the end of it?”
― Looking for Alaska
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