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Whoso would be a man, must be a nonconformist. He who would gather immortal palms must not be hindered by the name of goodness, but must explore it if it be goodness. Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind. Absolve you to yourself, and you shall have the suffrage of the world. ↗

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

#inspirational-life #inspirational

There are no medicines to bring a dead thing back to life. ↗

— Kristin Cashore

#life

But life is just a party, and parties weren't meant to last. ↗

— Prince

#time #transience #life

He would ask nothing else from life if he would be allowed to protect and cherish her for the rest of his. ↗

— Julie Anne Long

#romance #life

Getting on with her life is important. But right now it may be more important to put the feelings out there, deal with them, and find a way to be okay with all that's happened. ↗

— Jennifer Brown

#feelings #life #life

It considered trying to explain their error to them, but what would be the use? They would only go away with hurt feelings. You can't always expect people, or squirrels, to be rational. ↗

— Thomas M. Disch

#life #people #rationality #life

He decided in favor of life out of sheer spite and malice. ↗

— Patrick Süskind

#life #malice #spite #life

Discipline provides a constancy which is independent of what kind of day you had yesterday and what kind of day you anticipate today. ↗

— Jon Kabat-Zinn

#life #inspirational

Whoever prefers the material comforts of life over intellectual wealth is like the owner of a palace who moves into the servants’ quarters and leaves the sumptuous rooms empty. ↗

— Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

#intelligence #materialism #intelligence

Betrayal. It's one of the worst things. ↗

— Jay Asher

#life #life