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Showing posts with label Quotes. Show all posts
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Sunday, July 22, 2012
-Excerpts from Terry Pratchett's Thief of Time, my favourite book in the series.'I cannot say' said Lady LeJean
One Auditor said. You persist in using a personal pronoun.
And one added, And you have not died! To be an individual is to live, and to live is to die!
'Yes, I know. But it is essential for humans to use the personal pronoun. It divides the universe into two parts. The darkness behind the eyes, where the little voice is, and everything else. It is... a horrible feeling. It is like being... questioned, all the time.'One said, what is the little voice?
'Sometimes thinking is like talking to another person, but that person is also you.'
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'Grey would be acceptable,' said Mr Green.
'Nevertheless, you are Mr Green. We are Mr Black. It is a matter of status'
'If that is the case,' said Miss White, 'white is higher status than black. Black is absence of colour.'
'The point is valid,' said Mr Black. 'Therefore we are now Mr White. You are Miss Red.'
'You previously indicated that you were Mr Black.'
'New information indicates a change of position. This does not indicate incorrectness of said previous position.'
It's happening already, though Lady LeJean. It's in the darkness where your eyes can't see. The universe becomes two halves, and you live in the half behind the eyes. Once you have a body, you have a 'me'.
I have seen galaxies die. I have watched atoms dance. But until I had the dark behind the eyes, I didn't know the death from the dance. And we were wrong. When you pour water into a jug, it becomes jug-shaped and it is not the same water any more. An hour ago they never dreamed of having names, and now they are arguing about them...
She wanted more time. The habits of a billion years don't yield entirely to a mouthful of bread, and she could see that a crazy life form like humanity should not be allowed to exist. Yes, indeed. Certainly. Of course.
But she wanted more time.They should be studied. Yes, studied.
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Sunday, June 3, 2012
We’re all seeking that special person who is right for us. But if you’ve been through enough relationships, you begin to suspect there’s no right person, just different flavors of wrong. Why is this? Because you yourself are wrong in some way, and you seek out partners who are wrong in some complementary way. But it takes a lot of living to grow fully into your own wrongness. And it isn’t until you finally run up against your deepest demons, your unsolvable problems—the ones that make you truly who you are—that we’re ready to find a lifelong mate. Only then do you finally know what you’re looking for. You’re looking for the wrong person. But not just any wrong person: the right wrong person—someone you lovingly gaze upon and think, “This is the problem I want to have.”
I will find that special person who is wrong for me in just the right way.
Let our scars fall in love.
I will find that special person who is wrong for me in just the right way.
Let our scars fall in love.
-Galway Kinnell
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Tuesday, September 13, 2011
Saturday, July 30, 2011
The easy way out
"The worst sin toward our fellow creatures is not to hate them, but to be indifferent to them: that's the essence of inhumanity."
-George Bernard Shaw
But indifference is so much easier on the heart and soul, is it not?
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Thursday, March 31, 2011
Bravery
Shamelessly koped from my coach:
谈射击的勇气:勇气是建立自信的前提,而自信又是发挥技能的
主要 条件。如果选择了勇气,血液就会沸腾,浑身充满力量,呼
吸深稳, 思路清晰,随即挺起腰身,昂起自信的头颅,自信的眼
神,大胆迎战 一切的困难。如此的坚定,逆境又怎能不被你征
服?如果谢绝勇气, 放弃的思维就会强大,血液则会凝固,肌肉
开始僵硬,畏缩着拳脚, 低垂着脑门,唯有期待着幸运光临,殊
不知幸运往往是强者的宠儿。 话到此,是选择勇气还是选择放
弃,聪明的人,当然知道自己该选择 什么?
主要
吸深稳,
神,大胆迎战
服?如果谢绝勇气,
开始僵硬,畏缩着拳脚,
不知幸运往往是强者的宠儿。
弃,聪明的人,当然知道自己该选择
Sorry for the font > < Hope you understand the Chinese :P
After some time to think, I'm moving forward, of course. It was a pretty drastic way to dispel the ennui though.
After some time to think, I'm moving forward, of course. It was a pretty drastic way to dispel the ennui though.
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