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“when a man is faced with something he truly fears, he cannot ignore it. He has only two options… he can become subordinate and fall under its wing… or he can strike it out and erase the fear” - Griffith

He’s so sassy

Introduction was so long, now the book finally starts

I started this a couple days prior, but rereading this has made me realize I was so innocent reading it the first time? 😭 why is evie so downbad?? I’m just picking up all the dirty jokes now

"he wrapped one arm around her and slammed the door shut with the other" "he was really quite tall" ou.....

What are the chances Larren is some type of guard or connected to the palace? Random guess...

“Language is an infinite resource. And if we learn it, if we use it - who are we stealing from?”

He kinda has a point errrr, I’m conflicted

For a country that profited so well from trading and spices, it's citizens were violently averse to actually using them. 😭😭😭😭😭 Lool

I’ve got a bad feeling about this…..no promises? He’s so wholesome

“I create entire love stories in my dreams”
Real.

Excited to start this. I think it’s a good idea to start reading this before crime and punishment.

People ask, “Have you ever seen the gods you worship? How cab you be sure they exist?”

Answers:

1. Just look around you
2. I’ve never seen my soul either. And yet I revere it.

It’s all how you perceive it. You’re in control.

If it’s not right, don’t do it. If it’s not true, don’t say it.

It’s time you realize that you have something in you more powerful and miraculous than the things that affect you and make you dance like a puppet. What’s in my thoughts at this moment? Fear? Jealousy? Desire? Feelings like that?

The freedom to do only what God wants, and accept whatever God sends us.

Practice even what seems impossible.

If you can cut free of impressions that cling to the mind, free of the future and the past—… and concentrate on living what can be lived (being present).. then you can spend the time you have left in tranquillity. And in kindness. And at peace with the spirit within you.

We all love ourselves more than other people, but care more about their opinion than our own.

Don’t let anything deter you: other peoples misbehaviour, your own perceptions.

It’s courtesy and kindness that define a human being

None of us is forbidden to pursue our own good.

Someone despises me. That’s their problem. Mine: not to do or say anything despicable.

Someone hates me. Their problem. Mine: to be patient and cheerful with everyone including them. Ready to show them their mistake.

The logo gave you the means to see it— that are given in person would act a given way— but you paid no attention. And now you’re astonished that he’s gone and done it. …. It was you who did wrong. By assuming that someone with those traits deserved your trust.

To stop talking about what the good man is like, and just be one

Just remember: you can endure anything your mind can make endurable, by treating it as in your interest to do so.

Stop praying like this and you’ll see:

Not “someway to sleep with her”—but way to stop wanting to
Not “ some way to get rid of him”—but a way to stop trying
Not “some way to save my child”—but a way to lose your fear
Redirect your prayers like that, and watch what happens

Be satisfied with even the smallest progress, and treat the outcome of it all as unimportant.

Two characteristics shared by gods and men:

1. Not to let others hold you back.
2. To locate goodness in thinking and doing the right thing, and to limit your desires to that.

Things have no hold on the soul. They have no access to it, cannot move or direct direct it. It is moved and directed by itself alone. It takes the things before it and interprets them as it sees fit..

That things have no hold on the soul. They stand there unmoving, outside it. Disturbance comes only from within— From our own perceptions.

That everything you see will soon alter and cease to exist. Think of how many changes you’ve already seen.