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and what it really comes down to—all it ever really comes down to—is the people you love or think you love and what they do to you or don’t do and what you do to them and don’t do—and if you really stop to think about—like really stop and
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“Boys, Laila came to see, treated friendship the way they treated the sun: its existence undisputed; its radiance best enjoyed, not beheld directly.”
― A Thousand Splendid Suns
― A Thousand Splendid Suns
“People will choose unhappiness over uncertainty.”
― The 4-Hour Workweek
― The 4-Hour Workweek
“Except for the people who were there that one day they discovered the polio vaccine, being part of history is rarely a good idea. History is one war after another with a bunch of murders and natural disasters in between.”
― Assassination Vacation
― Assassination Vacation
“We've placed a lot of emphasis in this country on the idea of people's rights. That's how it should be, but it makes no sense to talk about rights without also talking about responsibilities.”
― The Last Lecture
― The Last Lecture
“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
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