“Als je eenmaal hebt geaccepteerd dat niemand je ooit zal begrijpen en je hebt dat overweldigende gevoel van eenzaamheid overwonnen, dan heeft het wel iets prettigs, eerlijk gezegd. Jij bent de enige deskundige in je eigen kleine wereldje, en je kunt doen waar je zin in hebt.”
“Fazemos tanto mal a nós e aos outros quando nos ofendemos quanto ao ofendermos.”
“Para qualquer um que experimentou brutalidade deliberada, a menor gentileza se torna para sempre um choque depois.”
“Algumas vezes você tem de ser corajosa e fazer algo que não se encaixa no padrão geral apenas para sacudir um pouco as coisas, para fazer acontecer.”
“Pessoas demais ficam olhando e não fazem nada para ajudar pessoas com problemas.”
“Em vez de desperdiçar toda a minha energia reagindo às muitas coisas ruins que tinham me acontecido, ia correr atrás de uma coisa boa.”
“Há muita incoerência sem sentido no mundo, a maior parte fruto de estupidez.”
“We could mate. In a year our nestlings would be large enough to mob anyone we like...Should I begin to court you? Do you like grubs or ants better?...I will be here. In case you change your mind about mating.”
“Keep your love, I have no use for it anymore.”
“I've had ups in my life, and I've had downs, but I've learned not to cry over spilled milk.”
“Better to have trouble with man than trouble with God.”
“There are millions of chords. There are millions of numbers. And everyone forgets the one that is a zero. But without the zero, numbers are just arithmetic. Without the empty chord, music is just noise.”
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