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I hated myself for going, why couldn't I be the kind of person who stays?


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If the thrill of hunting were in the hunt, or even in the marksmanship, a camera would do just as well.

If the thrill of hunting were in the hunt, or even in the marksmanship, a camera would do just as well.



You cannot protect yourself from sadness without protecting yourself from happiness.

You cannot protect yourself from sadness without protecting yourself from happiness.



Sometimes I can hear my bones straining under the weight of all the lives I'm not living.

Sometimes I can hear my bones straining under the weight of all the lives I'm not living.



The sky slowly pulled up its blue dress to reveal night.

The sky slowly pulled up its blue dress to reveal night.



The more you love someone, he came to think, the harder it is to tell them. It surprised him that strangers didn't stop each other on the street to say I love you.

The more you love someone, he came to think, the harder it is to tell them. It surprised him that strangers didn't stop each other on the street to say I love you.



His voice was handsome and broken, like a cobblestone street.

His voice was handsome and broken, like a cobblestone street.




Words are capable of making experience more vivid, and also of organizing it. They can scare us, and they can comfort us.

Words are capable of making experience more vivid, and also of organizing it. They can scare us, and they can comfort us.



When we eat factory-farmed meat we live, literally, on tortured flesh. Increasingly, that tortured flesh is becoming our own.

When we eat factory-farmed meat we live, literally, on tortured flesh. Increasingly, that tortured flesh is becoming our own.



It has shown me that everything is illuminated in the light of the past. It is always along the side of us...on the inside, looking out.

It has shown me that everything is illuminated in the light of the past. It is always along the side of us...on the inside, looking out.





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Do not allow a lack of one's own talent or confidence shackle the door prior to even opening it." (Ginger Susanoo, 2018).

Do not allow a lack of one's own talent or confidence shackle the door prior to even opening it." (Ginger Susanoo, 2018).



Beautiful girls, are a bit like been there, done that. Once you have had one, the mystery is gone.

Beautiful girls, are a bit like been there, done that. Once you have had one, the mystery is gone.



Just because fate finds us our perfect match doesn't mean it's always easy and we don't have to work at it. Anything worth having takes fighting for sometimes."- Victor Marius

Just because fate finds us our perfect match doesn't mean it's always easy and we don't have to work at it. Anything worth having takes fighting for sometimes."- Victor Marius



What is a kiss? Alacke! at worst, A single Dropp to quenche a Thirst, Tho' oft it prooves, in happie Hour, The first swete Dropp of our long Showre.

What is a kiss? Alacke! at worst, A single Dropp to quenche a Thirst, Tho' oft it prooves, in happie Hour, The first swete Dropp of our long Showre.



So, all of us would do well to stop fighting each other for our space at the bottom, because there ain't no more room.

So, all of us would do well to stop fighting each other for our space at the bottom, because there ain't no more room.



Yesterday, the country of Kosovo unveiled an 11-foot tall statue of former President Clinton. Yeah. That's right. The Clinton statue is so life-like, it's already been slapped 12 times.

Yesterday, the country of Kosovo unveiled an 11-foot tall statue of former President Clinton. Yeah. That's right. The Clinton statue is so life-like, it's already been slapped 12 times.



The myths have always condemned those who 'looked back.' Condemned them, whatever the paradise may have been which they were leaving. Hence this shadow over each departure from your decision.

The myths have always condemned those who 'looked back.' Condemned them, whatever the paradise may have been which they were leaving. Hence this shadow over each departure from your decision.



I'm not afraid to upset people. But I am not as upset because I understand what I'm up against.

I'm not afraid to upset people. But I am not as upset because I understand what I'm up against.



You can't be an FBI agent without being cautious and thinking things through. That's just part of the training.

You can't be an FBI agent without being cautious and thinking things through. That's just part of the training.



I have only one doctrine, the infinitude of the private man.

I have only one doctrine, the infinitude of the private man.




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