“It's one of our greatest human flaws: Arrogance. We look up and dare to assume we know, when the universe is unknowable.”
“When we open our minds too wide, we risk closing them.”
“Those who think only in straight lines cannot see around a curve.”
“I won't stay silent anymore, not when speaking out can make a difference.”
“And in a universe of people that spend their todays searching for tomorrows, hope is the most powerful weapon you can have.”
“You’re an everlasting flame that can’t be put out.”
“I’m empty. I’m being asked to give everything, when I have nothing left.”
“Humans--in their infinite injustice--have wronged you, but you'll find your rightful place again. Your light shines too brightly not to be a beacon for others.”
“The most crucial truths are always rejected before they're accepted. " he says gazing out of space."It's one of our greatest human flaws: arrogance. We look up and dare to assume we know, when the universe is unknowable.”
“Scientists say that somewhere in the universe, every event under the sun repeats itself an infinite number of times in every possible variation.”
“Home is within me, no matter where I go, no matter what happens to our planet or our people.”
“May your inner light always shine, and may it guide us through our darkest nights.”
“Trust your fears Rho. Believing in them makes you safe.”
“Bad things have happened to you, but when it came time to act - when you were tested - you chose to forgive. Even the person who hurt you most.”
“It was easier to make excuses, to look for reasons and flaws, than to just admit the simple truth.”
“Hell = "where we get rid of all the lies told to us. That’s where we go and cry like rain. Mom, hell is where you go to see yourself.”
“I’m less opposed to pink than I am to dresses, for the simple reason that I hated dresses and skirts as a child. I hated the way they impeded my mobility and playground power, and I hated the fear I had while wearing them that with one stiff breeze I would be exposed to the world, with no choice afterward but to slip quietly into a permanent vegetative state.”
“To kiss and to kill are similar words to eyes that focus with difficulty.”
“get back, get back! ill turn you into a piglet!
ast a bula- no wait. that turns ME into a piglet!!”
“Long ago one of the Cynic philosophers strutted through the streets of Athens in a torn mantle to make himself admired by everyone by displaying his contempt for convention. One day Socrates met him and said: 'I see your vanity through the hole in your mantle.' Your dirt too, sir, is vanity, and your vanity is dirty.”
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