

“Why is this happening to me? Why am I having such a difficult time? One answer is that life is supposed to be difficult! It’s what enables us to grow. Remember, earth is not heaven!”
― The Purpose Driven Life: What on Earth Am I Here for?
― The Purpose Driven Life: What on Earth Am I Here for?

“It's like looking at all the students and wondering who's had their heart broken that day, and how they are able to cope with having three quizzes and a book report on top of that.”
― The Perks of Being a Wallflower
― The Perks of Being a Wallflower

“The more shared past there is in a relationship, the more present you need to be...”
― A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose
― A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose

“It seemed that the only lover she had ever wanted was a lover in a dream.”
― The Beautiful and Damned
― The Beautiful and Damned

“he took a cable which had been service on a blue-bowed ship, made one end fast to a high column in the portico, and threw the other over the round-house, high up, so that their feet would not touch the ground. As when long-winged thrushes or doves get entangled in a snare . . . so the women's heads were held fast in a row, with nooses round their necks, to bring them to the most pitiable end. For a little while their feet twitched, but not for very long.”
― The Odyssey
― The Odyssey
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