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“It is the beauty within us that makes it possible for us to recognize the beauty around us. The question is not what you look at but what you see.”
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“Humility is not a virtue we cultivate in the abstract; it is a mark of integrity to the gospel, and all our efforts at humility must be fueled by the gospel lest they result in mere fleshly counterfeits or imitations.”
― Humility: The Joy of Self-Forgetfulness
― Humility: The Joy of Self-Forgetfulness
“I wanted, more than anything, a chance to be simple, once again, as I was meant to be, and as I had been long ago, a long, long time ago.”
― Look at Me
― Look at Me
“VLADIMIR: I missed you . . . and at the same time I was happy. Isn't that a strange thing?
ESTRAGON: (shocked). Happy?
VLADIMIR: Perhaps it's not quite the right word.
ESTRAGON: And now?
VLADIMIR: Now? . . . (Joyous.) There you are again . . . (Indifferent.) There we are again. . .
(Gloomy.) There I am again.”
― Waiting for Godot
ESTRAGON: (shocked). Happy?
VLADIMIR: Perhaps it's not quite the right word.
ESTRAGON: And now?
VLADIMIR: Now? . . . (Joyous.) There you are again . . . (Indifferent.) There we are again. . .
(Gloomy.) There I am again.”
― Waiting for Godot
“Listen carefully, Feyd,” the Baron said. “Observe the plans within plans within plans.”
― Dune
― Dune
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