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“We are most tempted by what we cannot have. Men will dream of the mountains they have yet to scale, the rivers they have yet to set sail upon, the plains they have yet to conquer. They are told from birth everything belongs to them, and so when something does not, they view it as a personal challenge.”
from a distance, everything looks more beautiful; we are better able to conjure our own fantasies about them. Sometimes the fragrance of a feast is better than the taste itself.”
When men say they want a lover, what they often mean is they want a mirror; they wish to see themselves reflected back at them in the best light.
“I have always believed that knowing when to yield is even more important than winning.
Trust was such a fragile thing; it took decades to consolidate, seconds to shatter, and a lifetime to repair again.
Perhaps history would remember him as a hero. But a hero to many was still a villain to one.
