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The aim of life is self-development. To realize one's nature perfectly--that is what each of us is here for. People are afraid of themselves, nowadays. They have forgotten the highest of all duties, the duty that one owes to one's self. Of
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“Without pain, how could we know joy?' This is an old argument in the field of thinking about suffering and its stupidity and lack of sophistication could be plumbed for centuries but suffice it to say that the existence of broccoli does not, in any way, affect the taste of chocolate.”
― The Fault in Our Stars
― The Fault in Our Stars
“And I wondered if hurdlers ever thought, you know, 'This would go faster if we just got rid of the hurdles.”
― The Fault in Our Stars
― The Fault in Our Stars
“For all evils there are two remedies - time and silence.”
― The Count of Monte Cristo
― The Count of Monte Cristo
“Grief does not change you, Hazel. It reveals you.”
― The Fault in Our Stars
― The Fault in Our Stars
“In watermelon sugar the deeds were done and done again as my life is done in watermelon sugar. I will tell you about it because I am here and you are distant.”
― In Watermelon Sugar
― In Watermelon Sugar
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