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“Pain is just a state of mind. You can think your way out of everything, even pain.”

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Rodman Philbrick is an American author born in 1951. His works span across young adult literature and adult fiction, known for his rich imagination and profound themes. more

“Buddhism holds that everything is in constant flux. Thus the question is whether we are to accept change passively and be swept away by it or whether we are to take the lead and create positive changes on our own initiative. While conservatism and self-protection might be likened to winter, night, and death, the spirit of pioneering and attempting to realize ideals evokes images of spring, morning, and birth.”

“They marched. Not for themselves. They marched to remember the ones who didn't make it back. They marched because seeing so much loss can teach you about life. they marched because we're all fighting a war whether we know it or not...a war for our minds and souls and what we believe in.”

Knows Mind Believe War Soul Remember Fighting Loss Teach Seeing

Author:Joan Bauer

“The problem with the heart is how it can have so many opposite feelings coursing through it all at the same time. It's really an inconsistent thing- appreciating something one minute and hating it the next.”

Heart Feelings Problem Hate Next Minutes Appreciate Opposites Inconsistent One Minute

Book:Best Foot Forward

Source: Best Foot Forward

“In the haunted house of life, art is the only stair that doesn't creak.”

Art House Art Is Lovely Stairs Still Life With Woodpecker Haunted Houses

Book:Skinny Legs and All

Source: Skinny Legs and All

“It's been a prevalent notion. Fallen sparks. Fragments of vessels broken at the Creation. And someday, somehow, before the end, a gathering back to home. A messenger from the Kingdom, arriving at the last moment. But I tell you there is no such message, no such home -- only the millions of last moments . . . nothing more. Our history is an aggregate of last moments.”

Ends Moments Home Lasts Millions Atheism Creation Broken Messages Notion Atheist Kingdoms Fallen Someday Live By Sparks Gathering Fragments Vessel Messengers Arriving

Author:Thomas Pynchon

“So we drove on toward death through the cooling twilight.”

Twilight Cooling Great Gatsby Gatsby Great Gatsby Nick Carraway

Book:The Echoes of the Jazz Age Collection: The Beautiful and Damned, Winter Dreams, The Great Gatsby, Babylon Revisited, The Diamond as Big as the Ritz and many more

Source: The Echoes of the Jazz Age Collection: The Beautiful and Damned, Winter Dreams, The Great Gatsby, Babylon Revisited, The Diamond as Big as the Ritz and many more

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