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“Pain is only wind, bend as the palm and let it blow over you.”
― Peter V. Brett, The Core

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“The steps to degradation are only three: the actuality of the shameful condition, the recognition of the actuality while feeling unable to do anything about it, and then acceptance of it as the normal state of affairs.”
― John Myers Myers, Silverlock

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“Our lives are not our own. We are bound to others, past and present, and by each crime and every kindness, we birth our future.”
― David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas

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“Sometimes a hypocrite is nothing more than a man in the process of changing.”
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