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The sad truth about humanity, Risa was quick to realize, is that people believe what they’re told. Maybe not the first time, but by the hundredth time, the craziest of ideas just becomes a given.
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“The resistance should be about action, not luck. But do you take action? No!
“Respect doesn’t come without a little resentment.”
“My instincts tell me that I’m screwed no matter what I do. But that’s normal for me.”
How do you judge the brightness of a light when you’re the source? A spotlight can never see the shadows it casts.
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“Imprisonment is still imprisonment, no matter how many layers of cotton you wrap it in.”
“When you live a life without questions, you’re unprepared for the questions when they come,” he says. “You get angry and you totally lack the skills to deal with the anger. So yes, I became a clapper, but only because I was too innocent to know how guilty I was becoming.”
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“Miracles are the property of God,” she answers. “No,” he says, “miracles are gifts from God. To call them his property insults the spirit in which they are given.”
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Is it so strange to want to give of yourself totally and completely? If that is what’s in Miracolina’s heart, why should it be denied her?
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deluding themselves into thinking they’re making a difference?
“Anger is only our friend when we know its caliber and how to aim it.”
The measure of a man is not how much he suffers in the test, but how he comes out at the end.”
History is written by the victors—and when there are no victors, it all winds up in corporate shredders.”
Does a sick society get so used to its illness that it can’t remember being well? What if the memory is too dangerous for the people who like things the way they are?
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