“Sadly, to deny one’s negative emotions is to deny many of the feedback mechanisms that help a person solve problems.”
― The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life
― The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life
“Mockery of religion is one of the most essential things…one of the beginnings of the human emancipation is the ability to laugh at authority, its indispensable”
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“And though in the clockless, temperature-controlled casino night, words like 'day' and 'Christmas' were fairly meaningless constructs, 'happiness,' amidst the loudly clinked glasses, didn't seem quite such a doomed or fatal idea.”
― The Goldfinch
― The Goldfinch
“understand one day. We all marry”
― Finding Rebecca
― Finding Rebecca
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