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"*Respect, thus, implies the absence of exploitation. I want the loved person to grow and unfold for his own sake, and in his own ways, and not for the purpose of serving me." — Oct 11, 2017 08:50AM
"*Respect, thus, implies the absence of exploitation. I want the loved person to grow and unfold for his own sake, and in his own ways, and not for the purpose of serving me." — Oct 11, 2017 08:50AM
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"I could tell that he thought if he was good enough I'd take him home. Maybe that's why he'd always been so quiet and clean as a kid. Maybe he figured if he was good enough his father wouldn't hit me anymore... This line tugged at my tear ducts... *sniffs*" — Apr 03, 2013 03:07AM
"I could tell that he thought if he was good enough I'd take him home. Maybe that's why he'd always been so quiet and clean as a kid. Maybe he figured if he was good enough his father wouldn't hit me anymore... This line tugged at my tear ducts... *sniffs*" — Apr 03, 2013 03:07AM
“As he read, I fell in love the way you fall asleep: slowly, and then all at once.”
― The Fault in Our Stars
― The Fault in Our Stars
“It is very risky. But each time a child opens a book, he pushes open the gate that separates him from Elsewhere.”
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“What?! I'm not small! It's the world that's too big!!”
― Fullmetal Alchemist, Vol. 20
― Fullmetal Alchemist, Vol. 20
“Mother, recently I have discovered the one way in which human beings differ completely from other animals. Man has, I know, language, knowledge, principles, and social order, but don't all the other animals have them too, granted the difference of degree? Perhaps the animals even have religions. Man boasts of being the lord of all creation, but it would seem as if essentially he does not differ in the least from other animals. But, Mother, there was one way I thought of. Perhaps you won't understand. It's a faculty absolutely unique to man - having secrets. Can you see what I mean?”
― The Setting Sun
― The Setting Sun
“Greed may not be good, but it’s not so bad either. You humans think greed is just for money or power, but everyone wants something they can’t have.”
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