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It’s all fine to say, “Time will heal everything, this too shall pass away. People will forget”—and things like that when you are not involved, but when you are there is no passage of time, people do not forget and you are in the middle of something that does not change. ↗

— John Steinbeck

#forget #time #change

I had privately changed 'This, too, shall pass' into 'You, too, shall die'. ↗

— Kevin Hearne

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Zen pretty much comes down to three things -- everything changes; everything is connected; pay attention. ↗

— Jane Hirshfield

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Of course I can do this. I'm pregnant, not brain-damaged. My condition doesn't change my personality. ↗

— Christine Feehan

#pregnancy #change

Maybe you know the monsters, Martin," Murphy said quietly. "But I know the guy who stops them. And if they don't return the girl, we'll make them regret it." She nodded at me and said, "Let's go. We can watch Dresden kill the bitch. ↗

— Jim Butcher

#harry-dresden #karrin-murphy #change

Only bad things happen quickly, . . . Virtually all the happiness-producing processes in our lives take time, usually a long time: learning new things, changing old behaviors, building satisfying relationships, raising children. This is why patience and determination are among life’s primary virtues. ↗

— Gordon Livingston

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Life is about moving, it’s about change. And when things stop doing that they’re dead. ↗

— Twyla Tharp

#death #life #change

I am Trella the victorious leader of the Force of Sheep rebellion. Yes the name sounds ridiculous, and I still can't believe we named a major life changing event after livestock—or actually a stuffed animal—but it made sense at the time. ↗

— Maria V. Snyder

#outside-in #rebellion #change

The world's a puzzle; no need to make sense out of it." - Socrates ↗

— Dan Millman

#philosophy #puzzle #world #change

I know men and women. An honourable man is an honourable man, and a liar is a liar; both are born and not made. One cannot change to the other any more than that same old leopard can change its spots. After a man tells a woman the first untruth of that sort, the others come piling thick, fast, and mountain high. ↗

— Gene Stratton-Porter

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