“A brain was only capable of what it could conceive, and it couldn't conceive what it had never experienced”
― Brighton Rock
― Brighton Rock
“It is not that I dwell on the past. But the past shapes the way we are in the present and the way we will become what we are destined to become. It is only because I have finally understood the past, accepted it, embraced it, that I can fully live in the moment. And hardly a moment goes by when I don’t think about Emmett, and the lessons a son can teach a mother.”
― Death of Innocence: The Story of the Hate Crime that Changed America
― Death of Innocence: The Story of the Hate Crime that Changed America
“Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind.”
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“Act as if it was, and it will be.”
― Pearls of Wisdom: Great mind
― Pearls of Wisdom: Great mind
“Make plans for your new goals. And press towards achieving the goals with all your strength.”
― Pearls of Wisdom: Great mind
― Pearls of Wisdom: Great mind
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