was to use the pain to combat the other pain, the always pain, the pain that never went away,
“Men go to far greater lengths to avoid what they fear than to obtain what they desire.”
― The Da Vinci Code
― The Da Vinci Code
“There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.”
― I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
― I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
“All of humanity's problems stem from man's inability to sit quietly in a room alone.”
― Pensées
― Pensées
“No, I don’t like work. I had rather laze about and think of all the fine things that can be done. I don’t like work – no man does – but I like what is in the work, - the chance to find yourself. Your own reality – for yourself, not for others – what no other man can ever know. They can only see the mere show, and never can tell what it really means.”
― Heart of Darkness
― Heart of Darkness
“Forgiveness is God's greatest gift”
― The Da Vinci Code
― The Da Vinci Code
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