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“Sometimes, upon waking, the residual dream can be more appealing that reality, and one is reluctant to give it up. For a while, you feel like a ghost -- Not fully materialized, and unable to manipulate your surroundings. Or else, it is the dream that haunts you. You wait with the promise of the next dream.”
― Blankets
― Blankets
“The cucumber and the tomato are both fruit; the avocado is a nut. To assist with the dietary requirements of vegetarians, on the first Tuesday of the month a chicken is officially a vegetable.”
― Shades of Grey
― Shades of Grey
“You have noticed that the truth comes into this world with two faces. One is sad with suffering, and the other laughs; but it is the same face, laughing or weeping. When people are already in despair, maybe the laughing face is better for them; and when they feel too good and are too sure of being safe, maybe the weeping face is better for them to see.”
― Black Elk Speaks: Being the Life Story of a Holy Man of the Oglala Sioux
― Black Elk Speaks: Being the Life Story of a Holy Man of the Oglala Sioux
“The biggest hindrance to learning is fear of showing one's self a fool.”
― Blue Highways
― Blue Highways
“Beware thoughts that come in the night. They aren't turned properly; they come in askew, free of sense and restriction, deriving from the most remote of sources.”
― Blue Highways
― Blue Highways
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