We all have the right to cherry-pick the advice given us in order to do exactly what we wanted to do in the first place.


“I do not like your breathing,” he said. “My breathing is the same as yesterday, Little Father,” said Remo. “That is why I do not like it. It should be quieter within you today.” “Why?” “Because today you are different.” “In what way, Little Father?” “That is for you to understand. When you do not know how you are each day, then you lose sight of yourself. Know this, no man has ever had two days alike.”
― The Best of the Destroyer: Chinese Puzzle, Slave Safari, Assassin's Playoff
― The Best of the Destroyer: Chinese Puzzle, Slave Safari, Assassin's Playoff

“Bureaucracy. Turned out there was a hell, and it was behind a desk.”
― The Singularity Trap
― The Singularity Trap

“I feel like if I had a button in front of me to bring the old world back, I wouldn’t press it.”
― Outland
― Outland

“But didn’t you always tell me, Chiun, that pain is the price one pays to stay alive. Pain belongs to the living. Only the dead never hurt.”
― The Best of the Destroyer: Chinese Puzzle, Slave Safari, Assassin's Playoff
― The Best of the Destroyer: Chinese Puzzle, Slave Safari, Assassin's Playoff

“Some people don’t even realize they’re bitter. If you don’t know whether you are or not, here’s a quick quiz you can give yourself. If you ever wake up in the morning and the first thing you say is “Oh, fuck, not again,” you might be a little bitter. If you find yourself in conversation with someone you know and that person brings up someone you both know and before he says another word you mutter, “That guy’s a fucking asshole,” you might be a little bitter. If you find yourself dismissing universally acclaimed landmark achievements, saying, for example, “The Godfather is an okay movie,” you might be bitter.”
― Attempting Normal
― Attempting Normal
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