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“He was giving me enough rope to hang myself with. Apparently he didn't realize that once a noose is tied it will fit one neck as easily as another.”
― Patrick Rothfuss, The Name of the Wind

“Anger can keep you warm at night, and wounded pride can spur a man to wondrous things.”
― Patrick Rothfuss, The Name of the Wind

“There are no traffic jams on the extra mile.”
― Zig Ziglar

“The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place.”
― George Bernard Shaw

“Life has enough torturers as it is, without you going around moonlighting as a Grand Inquisitor against yourself.”
― Carlos Ruiz Zafón, The Shadow of the Wind

“We all want to be famous people—and the moment we want to be something, we are no longer free.”
― Jiddu Krishnamurti, Think on These Things

“If a man has no vices, he's in great danger of making vices out of his virtues, and there's a spectacle. We've all seen them: men who were monsters of philanthropy and women who were dragons of purity. ... No, no - nurse one vice in your bosom. Give it the attention it deserves and let your virtues spring up modesly around it.”
― Thornton Wilder, The Matchmaker

“Going outside is highly overrated.”
― Ernest Cline, Ready Player One

“The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom.”
― Isaac Asimov

“Perhaps one did not want to be loved so much as to be understood.”
― George Orwell, 1984

“One, remember to look up at the stars and not down at your feet. Two, never give up work. Work gives you meaning and purpose and life is empty without it. Three, if you are lucky enough to find love, remember it is there and don't throw it away.”
― Stephen Hawking

“Clarity about what matters provides clarity about what does not.”
― Cal Newport, Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World

“No amount of self-improvement can make up for any lack of self-acceptance.”
― Robert Holden