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“Talking about one's feelings defeats the purpose of having those feelings. Once you try to put the human experience into words, it becomes little more than a spectator sport. Everything must have a cause, and a name. Every random thought must have a root in something else.”

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Derek Landy

Derek Landy (born October 23, 1974) is an Irish author and screenwriter, best known for his young adult fantasy series Skulduggery Pleasant. Since the first book was published in 2007, the series has sold millions of copies worldwide and been translated into numerous languages. Landy's works are characterized by humor, action, and supernatural elements, appealing to young readers. He was born in Dublin, Ireland, and initially worked as a screenwriter before transitioning to novel writing. In addition to the Skulduggery Pleasant series, he has created other works such as The Demon Road trilogy. Landy's writing style blends dark humor with adventurous plots, making him a significant figure in children's literature. more

“Valkyrie walked to the back door, which hadn't been closed properly, shut it and locked it. There was now a baby in the house, after all. She couldn't take the chance that a wild animal might wander in and make off with Alice, like those dingoes in Australia. She was probably being unfair to both dingoes and Australia, but she couldn't risk it. Locked doors kept the dingoes out, and that's all there was to it, even if she didn't know what a dingo actually was. She took out her phone, searched the Internet, found a picture of a baby dingo and now she really wanted a baby dingo for a pet.”

Ifs Knows Might Wanted Found House Chance Animal Risk Doors Baby Internet Phones Wander Pet Australia Locked Unfair Risk It Wild Animal Back Doors Locked Doors Dingoes

Author:Derek Landy

“That's ridiculous. The only point in having enemies is so you can defeat them, kill them, brush them aside." "Or give them a chance to redeem themselves.”

Giving Chance Enemy Defeat Ridiculous Brushes

Author:Derek Landy

“The lies we tell other people are nothing to the lies we tell ourselves.”

People Lying Lies We Tell Ourselves

Book:Death Bringer (Skulduggery Pleasant, Book 6)

Source: Death Bringer (Skulduggery Pleasant, Book 6)

“Is a mountain only a huge stone? Is a planet an enormous mountain?”

Planets Huge Mountain Stones Enormous

Author:Stanislaw Lem

“Once upon a time there was a lady. She had no children, and no happiness either. And at first she cried for a long time, but then she became wicked.”

Firsts Children Long Long Time Wicked Cried Once Upon A Time

Author:Mikhail Bulgakov

“Are the great spiritual teachings really advocating that we fight evil because we are on the side of light, the side of peace? Are they telling us to fight against that other 'undesirable' side, the bad and the black. That is a big question. If there is wisdom in the sacred teachings, there should not be any war. As long as a person is involved with warfare, trying to defend or attack, then his action is not sacred; it is mundane, dualistic, a battlefield situation.”

Source: The Collected Works of Chogyam Trungpa: Volume Three: Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism; The Myth of Freedom; The Heart of the Bud dha; Selected Writings

“As long as a person is involved with warfare, trying to defend or attack, then his action is not sacred; it is mundane, dualistic, a battlefield situation.”

Trying Persons Long Action Situation Involved Sacred Warfare Mundane Duality Battlefields

Book:The Collected Works of Chogyam Trungpa: Volume Three: Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism; The Myth of Freedom; The Heart of the Bud dha; Selected Writings

Source: The Collected Works of Chogyam Trungpa: Volume Three: Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism; The Myth of Freedom; The Heart of the Bud dha; Selected Writings

“As in music, when we hear the crescendo building, suddenly if the music stops, we begin to hear the silence as part of the music.”

Ifs Silence Building Crescendo

Book:The Collected Works of Chogyam Trungpa: Volume Three: Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism; The Myth of Freedom; The Heart of the Bud dha; Selected Writings

Source: The Collected Works of Chogyam Trungpa: Volume Three: Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism; The Myth of Freedom; The Heart of the Bud dha; Selected Writings

“We do not have to be ashamed of what we are. As sentient beings we have wonderful backgrounds. These backgrounds may not be particularly enlightened or peaceful or intelligent. Nevertheless, we have soil good enough to cultivate; we can plant anything in it.”

May Enough Wonderful Pride Intelligent Plant Backgrounds Peaceful Soil Ashamed Enlightened Good Enough Nevertheless Sentient Beings

Book:The Sanity We Are Born With: A Buddhist Approach to Psychology

Source: The Sanity We Are Born With: A Buddhist Approach to Psychology

“If you are involved with the intensity of crescendo situations, with the intensity of tragedy, you might begin to see the humor of these situations as well. As in music, when we hear the crescendo building, suddenly if the music stops, we begin to hear the silence as part of the music.”

Ifs Wells Might Silence Situation Building Involved Tragedy Intensity Crescendo

Book:The Collected Works of Chogyam Trungpa: Volume Three: Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism; The Myth of Freedom; The Heart of the Bud dha; Selected Writings

Source: The Collected Works of Chogyam Trungpa: Volume Three: Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism; The Myth of Freedom; The Heart of the Bud dha; Selected Writings

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