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“I think we all wear armor. I think those who don’t are fools, risking the pain of being wounded by the sharp edges of the world, over and over again. But if I’ve learned anything from those fools, it is that to be vulnerable is a strength
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“The best index to a person's character is how he treats people who can't do him any good, and how he treats people who can't fight back.”
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“You can only become truly accomplished at something you love. Don’t make money your goal. Instead pursue the things you love doing and then do them so well that people can’t take their eyes off of you.”
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“Thousands of candles can be lit by just one candle, and the life of that candle will not be shorter because of it. Happiness is never diminished by being shared.”
― Love in Lowercase
― Love in Lowercase
“The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid.”
― Northanger Abbey
― Northanger Abbey
“You asked me why I wrote you all those years," he said suddenly. "You know, I'd seen you around that summer, always hanging back but with this intent look on your face--always quiet but pissed off. And then that day, I saw you wait till everyone had left before you climbed. And turned out you could climb higher than any of them." He smiled. "You know what I was thinking?"
I shook my head.
"I was thinking, this world is full of people making a big deal out of any little thing they do: look at me, look at this cappuccino I'm about to drink, look at me looking good in this hotel lobby. And here was someone who only did her most beautiful things when no one was watching." He paused. "And you're still like that.”
― Each Night Was Illuminated: A Young Adult Coming-of-Age Novel of Faith, Ghosts, and Hope
I shook my head.
"I was thinking, this world is full of people making a big deal out of any little thing they do: look at me, look at this cappuccino I'm about to drink, look at me looking good in this hotel lobby. And here was someone who only did her most beautiful things when no one was watching." He paused. "And you're still like that.”
― Each Night Was Illuminated: A Young Adult Coming-of-Age Novel of Faith, Ghosts, and Hope
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