“No one is guaranteed happiness. It's not a human right. It's a house you have to build yourself. Your family and friends can help, but they're all busy building their own houses too. You're just bitter because you built a shit house.”
― The Bridge to Lucy Dunne
― The Bridge to Lucy Dunne
“We are happy when people/things conform and unhappy when they don't. People and events don't disappoint us, our models of reality do. It is my model of reality that determines my happiness or disappointments.”
― Chess Story
― Chess Story
“If integrity is doing the right thing when nobody is watching, and there is never a private moment, integrity becomes impossible. What are we left with?”
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“No one can hate me more than I hate myself.”
― Crave
― Crave
“On our wedding night," she said, "I will cut out your tongue and swallow it. Then both tongues that spoke our marriage vows will belong to me, and I will be wed only to myself. You will most likely choke to death on your own blood, which will be unfortunate, but I will be both husband and wife and therefore not a widow to be pitied.”
― And I Darken
― And I Darken
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