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“It's not always necessary to be strong, but to feel strong.”
― Jon Krakauer, Into the Wild

“So Isis shows up in Byblos like "Hey queen my husband is embedded in your palace may I please extract him?"
And the queen is like "sure, go ahead. It's not like he's a major structural support or anything, right?" and Isis is like "haha, sucker".
And she goes and removes the pillar WITHOUT DAMAGING THE PALACE AT ALL
Thus inventing Jenga.”
― Cory O'Brien, Zeus Grants Stupid Wishes: A No-Bullshit Guide to World Mythology

“It is easy, when you are young, to believe that what you desire is no less than what you deserve, to assume that if you want something badly enough, it is your God-given right to have it.”
― Jon Krakauer, Into the Wild

“Dreams are what keep a man going.”
― Daniel Wallace, Big Fish