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“I would not have shied away from an assignment to sail a canoe around Cape Horn or to take charge of the government of Afghanistan.”

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Book:Out of the Night: The Memoir of Richard Julius Herman Krebs alias Jan Valtin

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“В дневнике находишь доказательства того, что даже в состояниях, которые сегодня кажутся невыносимыми, ты жил, смотрел вокруг и записывал свои наблюдения, что, таким образом, вот эта правая рука двигалась, как сегодня, когда ты благодаря возможности обозреть тогдашнее состояние, правда, поумнел, но с тем большим основанием ты должен признать бесстрашие своего тогдашнего стремления, сохранившегося, несмотря на полное неведение.”

Ignorance Despair Daring Diary

Author:Franz Kafka

“Be thankful for the efforts of people who worked hard to get you where you are; you should not take it for granted and treat them with indifference.”

Life Inspirational Inspiration Inspirational Quotes Life Quotes Inspiring Positive Positive Thinking Inspire Gratitude Living Optimism Optimistic Positive Life Positive Affirmation

Author:Roy T. Bennett

“I remember in treatment, Mr. Shaw told me that the alcohol and drugs never were my problem. He said the alcohol and drugs were my solution and that was my problem. And he was right.”

Inspirational Life Lessons Hope Despair

Book:South of Bixby Bridge

Source: South of Bixby Bridge

“We’re miserable because we think that we are mere individuals, alone with our fears and flaws and resentments and mortality. We wrongly believe that our limited little egos constitute our whole entire nature. We have failed to recognize our deeper divine character. We don’t realize that, somewhere within us all, there does exist a supreme Self who is eternally at peace. That supreme Self is our true identity, universal and divine. Before you realize this truth... you will always be in despair.”

Despair

Book:Eat, Pray, Love

Source: Eat, Pray, Love

“His mouth would have given despair to even the drollest of fools; it was a mouth made for frowns and scowls and sharply worded commands, all thin pale lips and clenched muscles, a mouth that had forgotten how to smile and had never known how to laugh”

Despair Mouth Frown Stannis Baratheon

Book:A Clash of Kings

Source: A Clash of Kings

“Of all my old associations, of all my old pursuits and hopes, of all the living and the dead world, this one poor soul alone comes natural to me, and I am fit for. There is a tie of many suffering years between us two, and it is the only tie I ever had on earth that Chancery has not broken!”

Despair Connection Richard Tie Gridley Miss Flite

Book:Bleak House

Source: Bleak House

“I...will never...regret you.”

Love

Book:Maybe Someday

Source: Maybe Someday

“Those who win never give up. Those who give up never win.”

“We all have a Monster within; the difference is in degree, not in kind.”

Evil Monster

Book:The Monster of Florence

Source: The Monster of Florence

“Animals don't behave like men,' he said. 'If they have to fight, they fight; and if they have to kill they kill. But they don't sit down and set their wits to work to devise ways of spoiling other creatures' lives and hurting them. They have dignity and animality.”

Evil

Book:Watership Down

Source: Watership Down

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