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my mom would risk walking me on her own. She would hold my hand or carry me, but if the police showed up she would have to drop me and pretend I wasn’t hers, like I was a bag of weed.
“All I know is this: nobody's very big in the first place, and it looks to me like everybody spends their whole life tearing everybody else down.”
― One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
― One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
“There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self.”
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“The brick walls are there for a reason. The brick walls are not there to keep us out. The brick walls are there to give us a chance to show how badly we want something. Because the brick walls are there to stop the people who don’t want it badly enough. They’re there to stop the other people.”
― The Last Lecture
― The Last Lecture
“A person’s life story is equal to what they have plus what they want most in the world, minus what they’re actually willing to sacrifice for it.”
― The Contortionist's Handbook
― The Contortionist's Handbook
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