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Just because someone is not around to appreciate the complexities of who you are does not mean that you deserve anything less than pure joy.
Implication here is that the person who will perceive these complexities has to be someone else. That this pure joy will be external, so it has to come from another person. How about recognizing that joy in myself?
“Sometimes you get the best light from a burning bridge.”
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“You.... tapped that ass. Presumably it was, phat?”
― Changes
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“A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies, said Jojen. The man who never reads lives only one.”
― A Dance with Dragons
― A Dance with Dragons
“I used to think the worst thing in life is to end up all alone. It's not. The worst thing in life is to end up with people who make you feel all alone.”
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“I'm sure the universe is full of intelligent life. It's just been too intelligent to come here.”
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