#tru

The terrible thing about the quest for truth is that you find it. ↗

— Remy de Gourmont

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As I began to discover my own truth and endeavored to possess it with clarity, I became more and more alienated from that which my companions held, or professed to hold. ↗

— Juan Goytisolo

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When I write now I do not invent situation, characters, or actions, but rather structures and discursive forms, textual groupings which are combined according to secret affinities among themselves, as in architecture or the plastic arts. ↗

— Juan Goytisolo

#actions #affinities #among #architecture #arts

True friendship multiplies the good in life and divides its evils. Strive to have friends, for life without friends is like life on a desert island... to find one real friend in a lifetime is good fortune; to keep him is a blessing. ↗

— Baltasar Gracian

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True knowledge lies in knowing how to live. ↗

— Baltasar Gracian

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I focus on the writing and let the rest of the process take care of itself. I've learned to trust my own instincts and I've also learned to take risks. ↗

— Sue Grafton

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A child who is allowed to be disrespectful to his parents will not have true respect for anyone. ↗

— Billy Graham

#allowed #anyone #child #disrespectful #his

Nothing can bring a real sense of security into the home except true love. ↗

— Billy Graham

#except #home #into #love #nothing

Every President I think I've ever known, except Truman, has thought they didn't quite get done what they wanted done. And toward the end of their Administrations, they were disappointed and wished they had done some things differently. ↗

— Billy Graham

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I presumed the president was being truthful until a series of events undercut that confidence. ↗

— Bob Graham

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