Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities.
For me, I am driven by two main philosophies: know more today about the world than I knew yesterday and lessen the suffering of others. You’d be surprised how far that gets you.
Whatever you do, you need courage. Whatever course you decide upon, there is always someone to tell you that you are wrong. There are always difficulties arising that tempt you to believe your critics are right. To map out a course of action and follow it to an end requires some of the same courage that a soldier needs. Peace has its victories, but it…
May the odds be ever in your favor!
To the people who look at the stars and wish, Rhys.” Rhys clinked his glass against mine. To the stars who listen— and the dreams that are answered.
None but ourselves can free our minds.
I love people who make me laugh. I honestly think it’s the thing I like most, to laugh. It cures a multitude of ills. It’s probably the most important thing in a person.
Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower.
Usually we walk around constantly believing ourselves. “I’m okay” we say. “I’m alright”. But sometimes the truth arrives on you and you can’t get it off. That’s when you realize that sometimes it isn’t even an answer–it’s a question. Even now, I wonder how much of my life is convinced.
It takes ten times as long to put yourself back together as it does to fall apart.
The starting point of all achievement is DESIRE. Keep this constantly in mind. Weak desire brings weak results, just as a small fire makes a small amount of heat.
To be nobody but yourself in a world which is doing its best day and night to make you like everybody else means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight and never stop fighting.
You should write because you love the shape of stories and sentences and the creation of different words on a page. Writing comes from reading, and reading is the finest teacher of how to write.
So light a fire!” Harry choked. “Yes…of course…but there’s no wood!” … “HAVE YOU GONE MAD!” Ron bellowed. “ARE YOU A WITCH OR NOT!
This was another of our fears: that Life wouldn’t turn out to be like Literature.
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