

“The worst part of holding the memories is not the pain. It's the loneliness of it. Memories need to be shared.”
― The Giver
― The Giver

“I wore black because I liked it. I still do, and wearing it still means something to me. It's still my symbol of rebellion -- against a stagnant status quo, against our hypocritical houses of God, against people whose minds are closed to others' ideas.”
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“Truth is not something outside to be discovered, it is something inside to be realized.”
― The Buddha Said...: Meeting the Challenge of Life's Difficulties
― The Buddha Said...: Meeting the Challenge of Life's Difficulties

“Deliverance is not for me in renunciation. I feel the embrace of freedom in a thousand bonds of delight.”
― Gitanjali
― Gitanjali
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