Socrates believed that true knowledge exists in knowing that you know nothing. So I guess I’m still just a student of life. Always will be.”
“Mourning is pretty much a universal thing, right? We all have to do it, at some point. Everyone on the planet is doing it, will do it, but when you’re going through it, it’s only yours.”
― All That Life Can Afford
― All That Life Can Afford
“Be as careful of the books you read, as of the company you keep; for your habits and character will be as much influenced by the former as the latter.”
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“A good novel tells us the truth about its hero; but a bad novel tells us the truth about its author.”
― Heretics
― Heretics
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