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“Life continues, and we all of us keep changing and building, toward what we cannot know.”

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Lois Duncan was an American writer known for her young adult novels. Her works often delve into the psychological and moral dilemmas of teenagers, earning her a dedicated readership. more

“When a warrior fights not for himself, but for his brothers, when his most passionately sought goal is neither glory nor his own life's preservation, but to spend his substance for them, his comrades, not to abandon them, not to prove unworthy of them, then his heart truly has achieved contempt for death, and with that he transcends himself and his actions touch the sublime. That is why the true warrior cannot speak of battle save to his brothers who have been there with him. The truth is too holy, too sacred, for words." -Suicide (Gates of Fire)”

Source: Gates of Fire: An Epic Novel of the Battle of Thermopylae

“You don't need to change the world; you need to change yourself.”

World Life Inspirational Needs Growth Changing The World Need A Change Change Yourself Four Agreements You Need To Change

Author:Miguel Angel Ruiz

“Thinking is learning all over again how to see, directing one's consciousness, making of every image a privileged place.”

Thinking Consciousness Privileged Sisyphus Myth Of Sisyphus

Book:The Myth of Sisyphus: And Other Essays

Source: The Myth of Sisyphus: And Other Essays

“There is no longer a single idea explaining everything, but an infinite number of essences giving a meaning to an infinite number of objects. The world comes to a stop, but also lights up.”

World Giving Ideas Light Numbers Objects Essence Infinite Explaining Light Up Sisyphus Myth Of Sisyphus

Book:The Myth of Sisyphus: And Other Essays

Source: The Myth of Sisyphus: And Other Essays

“What I believe to be true I must therefore preserve. What seems to me so obvious, even against me, I must support.”

Believe Seems I Believe Support Obvious Being True Preserves Sisyphus

Book:The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays

Source: The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays

“And," Price adds, smiling, "if another round of Bellinis comes within a twenty-foot radius of our table we are going to set the maitre d' on fire. So you know, warn him.”

Ifs Knows Fire Feet Twenties Tables Add Rounds Radius

Book:American Psycho

Source: American Psycho

“And what would they be scared of? There's nothing to fear in a perfect world, is there?”

World Perfect Scared A Perfect World

Book:Incarceron

Source: Incarceron

“To be away from home and yet to feel oneself everywhere at home; to see the world, to be at the centre of the world, and yet to remain hidden from the world—impartial natures which the tongue can but clumsily define. The spectator is a prince who everywhere rejoices in his incognito.”

World Feels Home Oneself Tongue Rejoice Centre Spectators Away From Home

Book:The Painters of Modern Life

Source: The Painters of Modern Life

“Once you think a thought, it is extremely difficult to unthink it.”

Thinking Difficult

Author:John Green

“Then she opened her eyes, Veronika did not think 'this must be heaven'. Heaven would never use a fluorescent tube to light a room, and the pain - which started a fraction of a second later - was typical of the Earth. Ah, that Earth pain - unique, unmistakable.”

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Book:Veronika Decides to Die

Source: Veronika Decides to Die

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