“The greatness of a mind is determined by the depth of its suffering.”
― Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, Vol. 1
― Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, Vol. 1
“Listen to the mustn'ts, child. Listen to the don'ts. Listen to the shouldn'ts, the impossibles, the won'ts. Listen to the never haves, then listen close to me... Anything can happen, child. Anything can be.”
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“Failure is so common a human experience that what distinguishes us from one another is not that we fail but rather how we respond when we do.”
― Emotional First Aid: Practical Strategies for Treating Failure, Rejection, Guilt, and Other Everyday Psychological Injuries
― Emotional First Aid: Practical Strategies for Treating Failure, Rejection, Guilt, and Other Everyday Psychological Injuries
“If you expect nothing from somebody you are never disappointed.”
― The Bell Jar
― The Bell Jar
“We are all atheists about most of the gods that humanity has ever believed in. Some of us just go one god further.”
― The God Delusion
― The God Delusion
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