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“He soon acquired the forlorn look that one sees in vegetarians.”
― One Hundred Years of Solitude
― One Hundred Years of Solitude
“The kingdom of God is available to you in the here and the now. But the question is whether you are available to the kingdom. Our practice is to make ourselves ready for the kingdom so that it can manifest in the here and the now. You don't need to die in order to enter the kingdom of heaven. In fact, you have to be truly alive in order to do so.”
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“I clear breakfast at ten o'clock. I set on lunch at one. Dinner I set on at six. It's ten o'clock.”
― The Haunting of Hill House
― The Haunting of Hill House
“The only way to get through life is to laugh your way through it. You either have to laugh or cry. I prefer to laugh. Crying gives me a headache.”
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“A child who is born is something to seek out, something to search for, a star, a northern light, a column of energy in the universe. And a child who dies-that's an abomination.”
― Smilla's Sense of Snow
― Smilla's Sense of Snow
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