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“I only mean that people find what they wish to find, and remember what they wish to remember, regardless of the evidence presented to them," Margaret said.”

Quote by Dara Horn

Book:A Guide for the Perplexed

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A Guide for the Perplexed

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Dara Horn

Dara Horn is an American novelist born in 1977. Her works are known for their profound character development and complex narrative structures, covering themes such as history, religion, and identity. more

“Alas, we are what we are, and we need the stories, we need the public transportation, the anxiety meds, the television shows by the dozens, the music in bars and restaurants saving us from the terror of silence, the everlasting promise of brown liquor, the bathrooms in national parks, and the political catchphrases we can all shout and stick to our bumpers.”

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Book:Spaceman of Bohemia

Source: Spaceman of Bohemia

“Most people just do not give a crap. Especially about you. It is not because you're crap. Mostly it is so because they are. So, you're better than them. Yeah! Now, give a crap!”

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Author:Fakeer Ishavardas

“Clover is incapable of not nurturing. It can’t do anything but nurture. Shakyamuni is capable of not nurturing. With a poisonous thought, he is a poisonous person. With an enlightened thought, he is an enlightened person. With his great realization, he is unlikely to slip back into poisonous ways, but he could, for he is human.”

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Book:The Mind of Clover: Essays in Zen Buddhist Ethics

Source: The Mind of Clover: Essays in Zen Buddhist Ethics

“Adolescence feeds on drama, it is most happy when living in extremis, and Ferguson was no less vulnerable to the lure of high emotion and extravagant unreason than any other boy his age, which meant the appeal of a girl like Anne-Marie was fuelled precisely by her unhappiness, and the greater the storms she engulfed him in, the more he wanted her.”