Just because something is traditional is no reason to do it, of course. Piracy, for example, is a tradition that has been carried on for hundreds of years, but that doesn't mean we should all attack ships and steal their gold.
Because that is when you love somebody - when you see them being game in the face of the worst. Not courageous. Not heroic. Just game.
I nod, because I do understand. I'm just not sure how to go about divorcing myself from the evil I've already accepted.
I'll just tell you what I remember because memory is as close as I've gotten to building my own time machine.
I was very invested in love but it was just this long sex thing that could end at any moment because after all, it's about getting off.
The people who know you best can be risker, because the words they say and things they think have the potential to be not only scary but true, as well.
I don't want to fall in love with you,' she said, pushing away. 'why not?' 'because you'll just end up using it against me.
if the goddes can forgive her, can't we?" "I think there's a big difference between forgiving her and makin her into something she wasn't just because she's dead
Dare to be competent. Competency is what makes everyone remain at peace when things are being handled by you. Watch yourself if everyone feels uncomfortable just because it’s you doing it.
I just know that I don't want cheating. I refuse. I deepened myself but I don't believe in myself because my thought is invented.
Some artists are normal people who just happen to make things because we can't figure out how in the hell to communicate with people.
Just as love makes you blind so does wealth, and of the two blindnesses wealth is the worse because of the incalculable harm it is able to do to people other than yourself.
Body tension will always be present if our good feeing is just ordinary, self-centered happiness. Joy has no tension in it, because joy accepts whatever is as it is.
You are the reason why he exists on this earth. You don't have the right to abandon him just because he's inconvenient or has trouble in school.
Because you simply cannot draw these things out forever. At some point, you just pull off the Band-Aid and it hurts, but then it’s over and you’re relieved.
Because I think that by beauty, you don't just mean something that's pretty. You mean something that makes us human.
Every act of loving affirms the goodness of the lover just because he is capable of loving and being loved.
I had some good sex last night. How do I know it was good? Because I was participating, and not just a passive spectator and photographer.
I take my investment advice from my dentist, because he’s just as likely to lose me money as a financial advisor.
You know, the mind is a remarkable thing. Just because you can't see the wound doesn't mean it isn't hurting. It scars all the time, but it heals.
Don’t sell yourself short—sell yourself medium, because it’s taller. Did you know my love is refillable? For just .99 cents.
