The nature of the world is that when we create something, we often destroy something else in the process.
“The trouble is if you don’t spend your life yourself, other people spend it for you.”
― Five Finger Exercise
― Five Finger Exercise
“Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow, it empties today of its strength.”
― Clippings from My Notebook
― Clippings from My Notebook
“Live not for Battles Won.
Live not for The-End-of-the-Song.
Live in the along.”
― Report from Part One
Live not for The-End-of-the-Song.
Live in the along.”
― Report from Part One
“It's really a wonder that I haven't dropped all my ideals, because they seem so absurd and impossible to carry out. Yet I keep them, because in spite of everything, I still believe that people are really good at heart.”
― The Diary of a Young Girl
― The Diary of a Young Girl
“I never change, I simply become more myself.”
― Solstice
― Solstice
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