“Never do anything complicated when something simple will serve as well. It's one of the most important secrets of living.”
― The Black Obelisk
― The Black Obelisk
“You need to learn how to select your thoughts just the same way you select your clothes every day. This is a power you can cultivate. If you want to control things in your life so bad, work on the mind. That's the only thing you should be trying to control.”
― Eat, Pray, Love
― Eat, Pray, Love
“Take advantage of it now, while you are young, and suffer all you can, because these things don't last your whole life.”
― Love in the Time of Cholera
― Love in the Time of Cholera
“I know that man is capable of great deeds. But if he isn't capable of great emotion, well, he leaves me cold.”
― The Plague
― The Plague
“The power of women! I've never felt so full of mysterious power. Men are a joke.
We're so weak physically, so helpless with things. Still, even today. But we're stronger than they are. We can stand their cruelty. They can't stand ours.”
― The Collector
We're so weak physically, so helpless with things. Still, even today. But we're stronger than they are. We can stand their cruelty. They can't stand ours.”
― The Collector
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