How clever the human mind is, that it can accept two contradictory things as ‘facts.’ Yes, I know that in this case one ‘fact’ was untrue. But the human mind can KNOW something is untrue and still accept it as a ‘fact,’ and act on it as if it were true.
AIDAN CHAMBERSI don’t write books for entertainment, for people to pass the time then throw away.
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Fame, money and the size of the market are not very important to me. What is, is writing a book that is worth doing and then publishing it.
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They should be unchanging in shape and proportions. But sometimes they do change depending on who’s in them.
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He thought: How difficult it is to explain yourself to yourself. Sometimes there only is, and no knowing.
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Become more and more attractive and impressive, and you see that in fact they are beautiful. Not conventionally beautiful, not celebrity beautiful, but beautiful all through.
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As someone who knows her mind and who I envy for that. As someone who is strong in herself without seeming to need anyone else to help her. As someone who makes me thinks and unsettles me in a way that makes me feel more alive.
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All the time I think I can never love you more than I already do. And then you do something or say something, and I love you more than ever.
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Yet, isn’t it strange, isn’t it weird, how we can KNOW that someone is not behaving in the way we imagine, and at the same time we can be totally convinced that he is!
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I don’t write books for entertainment, for people to pass the time then throw away.
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The demons of the Devil don’t use your weak weaknesses against you, they use your strong ones.
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Self pity is a disease which does not kill but corrodes.
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The plain unwelcome fact is that sometimes life stymies you.
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Sometimes the course of our lives depends on what we do or don’t do in a few seconds, a heartbeat, when we either seize the opportunity, or just miss it.
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Belief means willing yourself to give all your attention to living with loving gladness in the world you think really exists.
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Love, being in love, isn’t a constant thing. It doesn’t always flow at the same strength. It’s not always like a river in flood. It’s more like the sea. It has tides, it ebbs and flows.
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You have to know your own truth and stick to it. And never despair. Never give up. There’s always hope.
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