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Even the brightest magnesium flare can do little against such dark except blind the eyes of the one holding it. Thus one craves what by seeing one has in fact not seen. ↗

— Mark Z. Danielewski

#inspirational #philosophical-reflection #inspirational

If I found a job, a project, an idea or a person I wanted-I'd have to depend on the whole world. Everything has strings leading to everything else. We're all so tied together. We're all in a net, the net is waiting and it's precious to you. Do you know who is standing ready to tear it out of your hands? You can't know, it may be so involved and so far away, but someone is ready, and you're afraid of them all. And you cringe and you crawl and you beg and you accept them-just so they'll let you keep it. And look at whom you come to accept. ↗

— Ayn Rand

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Kalau manusia sama sekali tidak pernah merasa putus asa, kita tidak akan tahu bagian mana dari diri kita yang tak sanggup kita singkirkan. Lalu kita akan tumbuh dewasa tanpa benar-benar mengerti apa saja yang bisa membuat kita gembira. Aku bahagia karena bisa menderita", Eriko (Kitchen) ↗

— Banana Yoshimoto

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Try as we might, we write what we write ↗

— bg Thurston

#writing-inspiration #writing-philosophy #writing-style #inspirational

I think, therefore a single fertilized egg cell can replicate itself into trillions of specialized and exquisitely organized cells. ↗

— David Self

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Flame is the lamp; rest is borrowed. ↗

— R.N. Prasher

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A life devoted to seeking pleasure, is a life committed to being discontent. ↗

— David Guerrero

#inspirational #philosophy #truth #inspirational

When we merely follow another, we take a potentially creative mind out of service-our own. ↗

— William Coperthwaite

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An intelligent person can rationalize anything, a wise person doesn't try. ↗

— Jen Knox

#jen-knox #philosphy #psychology #intelligence

I grabbed my book and opened it up. I wanted to smell it. Heck, I wanted to kiss it. Yes, kiss it. That's right, I am a book kisser. Maybe that's kind of perverted or maybe it's just romantic and highly intelligent. ↗

— Sherman Alexie

#book #book-lovers #intelligent #kissing-and-books #romantic