

“You must be the best judge of your own happiness.”
― Emma
― Emma

“Envy, envy eats them alive. If you had money, they’d envy you that. But since you don’t, they envy you for having such a good, bright, loving daughter. They envy you for just being a happy man. They envy you for not envying them. One of the greatest sorrows of human existence is that some people aren’t happy merely to be alive but find their happiness only in the misery of others.”
― Lightning
― Lightning

“That's what real love amounts to - letting a person be what he really is. Most people love you for who you pretend to be. To keep their love, you keep pretending - performing. You get to love your pretence. It's true, we're locked in an image, an act - and the sad thing is, people get so used to their image, they grow attached to their masks. They love their chains. They forget all about who they really are. And if you try to remind them, they hate you for it, they feel like you're trying to steal their most precious possession.”
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“One is loved because one is loved. No reason is needed for loving.”
― The Alchemist
― The Alchemist

“If one's friends do not openly laugh at him, they are not in fact his friends. ”
― Forever Odd
― Forever Odd
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