Quotes To Live By

The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.

How grand she is, how unapproachable. She wounds you in the way that roses wound, though not, as has been often said, with thorns. A rose will always wound you with its rose and, though the sore may be a briar-scratch, still more often it may be a wound from utter beauty, utter burning beauty.

Healing is a journey. A series of steps. Some days you may stumble, but so long as you continue to put one foot in front of the other, you will reach your destination.

I don't have to be afraid or ashamed. This is what I am, but I can still choose my path.

Life has taught me well that evil is inevitable and can never be truly destroyed. It can be banished, it can be thwarted, it can be driven back, but only for a time. Men are weak, evil is seductive, and those who would do nothing in the face of malevolence are cowards.

Life at best is bittersweet

Because you can't argue with all the fools in the world. It's easier to let them have their way, then trick them when they're not paying attention.

We do not see what has been done, we only see what remains to be done.

I think it's very healthy to spend time alone. You need to know how to be alone and not be defined by another person.

Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.

I usually solve problems by letting them devour me.

Hurry now... the sands of time slow for no one!

I felt very still and empty, the way the eye of a tornado must feel, moving dully along in the middle of the surrounding hullabaloo.