Lionel Quotes
I was always a stranger at home, in all the places I ever lived.
You lost your ability to choose the moment you started to use your eyes to see, and your heart to feel. Choice has become nothing but an illusion for you.
Free will and choice implies that you are able to even re-write your record of memories.
They were determined to find something mechanically wrong with him - because broken machines are easier to fix. p303
People who need people are threatened by people who don’t. The idea of seeking contentment alone is heretical, for society steadfastly decrees that our completeness lies in others.
You were patient, but I worried that your very patience tempted Kevin to try it.
Patience is the gift of possibility. Time is merely an illusion. People lack patience, which is why time becomes their enemy.
The arrogance of the human mind is too fragile, as well as the patience of the human character. It is because of that, they fail to see the power of mere observation and systematic analysis.
People often find comfort in ignorance of illusions, but rarely find solace in the truth of reality.
I stopped living a long time ago, in order to simply exist. Now I am trying to leave existence, in order to step into nihility.
I am often impressed with those that admit their ignorance, for it is the first step towards breaking out of the prison called freedom.
The stage of Creation is a Timeless Marche. The three measures of Nothing, Possibility, and Chaos will eternally ensure that the script continues on.
...trying to be a good mother may be as distant from being a good mother as trying to have a good time is from truly having one.
Although the infertile are entitled to sour grapes, it's against the rules, isn't it, to actually have a baby and spend any time at all on that banished parallel life in which you didn't.
The only way the weight of the world can break you down, is if you carry it the wrong way.
Once you hold the hand of Death, the only thing in life that can scare you is a sense of humor.
Most will regret opening up the doors to truth, while others will cower at thought of living an illusion. In the end, does impracticality defeat curiosity?
People need to deviate away from the role of imitation, and start filling the role of innovation...
But I value their hatred. I find it very useful. You see, people are always at their weakest when they're angry.
To a man and woman, all of her elderly patients had been surprised to be old - which Avery privately regarded as a serious failure to pay attention.
How lucky we are, when we are spared what we think we want!
If you cannot predict the betrayal from the ones that you love and trust the most, then you are living in a fool's paradise.
Why can't we say 'When!' about money the way we say 'When!' about coffee?
Expectation and fact are two different things that people usually cannot differentiate.
When was the last time someone was so overjoyed to see you, so brimming with love and affection that they literally ran to greet you? A dog will do that for you--ten, twenty, thirty times a day.
Insanity is the greatest gift of humanity, for insanity talks to the mind of the delusion.
People wear masks in the light because true happiness are the agents of deception and delusion.
If your enemy has the power to see into the future, make sure you are the author of that future.
Every step in life is merely part of a game. Every piece is necessary, but if you do not know how to control the game, then you become one of the pieces that are meant to be sacrificed.
When God plays chess, you will notice that he never has to move a single piece...in order to win.
Sometimes, in order to find happiness, one must allow some old bridges to collapse, in order to build better ones.
If you want to find a reason to smile, to find a reason to be happy, learn to appreciate the beauty that surrounds you.