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“But that is what life is all about, he said. "It is about dreaming and making those dreams come true with effort and determination - and love.”

Book:Simply Perfect

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Simply Perfect

This book delves into the complexities of the pursuit of perfection, examining its impact on personal relationships, career, and self-identity. more

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Mary Balogh

Mary Balogh is a renowned British novelist, born on March 24, 1944. Her works are known for their delicate emotional descriptions and romantic storylines, which have won the hearts of readers worldwide. more

“People fear that being trapped inside a box, they will miss out on all the wonders of the world. As long as Neo is stuck inside the matrix, and Truman is stuck inside the TV studio, they will never visit Fiji, or Paris, or Machu Picchu. But in truth, everything you will ever experience in life is within your own body and your own mind. Breaking out of the matrix or travelling to Fiji won’t make any difference. It’s not that somewhere in your mind there is an iron chest with a big red warning sign ‘Open only in Fiji!’ and when you finally travel to the South Pacific you get to open the chest, and out come all kinds of special emotions and feelings that you can have only in Fiji. And if you never visit Fiji in your life, then you missed these special feelings for ever. No. Whatever you can feel in Fiji, you can feel anywhere in the world; even inside the matrix.”

Feelings Reality Matrix

Book:21 Lessons for the 21st Century

Source: 21 Lessons for the 21st Century

“The agreement or disagreement or its sense with reality constitutes its truth or falsity.”

Reality Truth Agreement

Book:Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus

Source: Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus

“We must pursue what’s in front of us, not what we can’t have or what we have lost. We must grasp what we can reach and hold on, fast.”

Reality Progress Possibility

Book:This Must Be the Place

Source: This Must Be the Place

“The more you can have control over your ego rather than let it run amuck, the more successful you’ll be in all areas of life.”

“Melodramas of moral courage provide satisfaction through the comforting fantasy that our own character would hold steady under the most extreme pressure of dreadful events. [But we must face] the painful awareness that in all likelyhood one's own character would not have stood firm.”

War Reality Pride Melodrama

Book:Achilles in Vietnam: Combat Trauma and the Undoing of Character

Source: Achilles in Vietnam: Combat Trauma and the Undoing of Character

“Surrealism also refuses the representation of reality: reality can only be; its existence proves its reality. Fiction thereby becomes impossible or is, by definition, false.”

Reality Fiction Representation Surrealism

Book:Dedalus Book of Surrealism 2: The Myth of the World

Source: Dedalus Book of Surrealism 2: The Myth of the World

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