Friends are the family you choose (~ Nin/Ithilnin, Elven rogue).
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Jess C. Scott
Love is our true destiny. We do not find the meaning of life by ourselves alone - we find it with another.
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Thomas Merton
The problem, often not discovered until late in life, is that when you look for things in life like love, meaning, motivation, it implies they are sitting behind a tree or under a rock. The most successful people in life recognize, that in life they...
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Neil Degrasse Tyson
There is one friend in the life of each of us who seems not a separate person, however dear and beloved, but an expansion, an interpretation, of one's self, the very meaning of one's soul.
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Edith Wharton
Vulnerability is the birthplace of love, belonging, joy, courage, empathy, and creativity. It is the source of hope, empathy, accountability, and authenticity. If we want greater clarity in our purpose or deeper and more meaningful spiritual lives, vulnerability is the path.
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More Quotes By Patrick OBrian
Sir, ’ said Stephen, ‘I read novels with the utmost pertinacity. I look upon them-- I look upon good novels--as a very valuable part of literature, conveying more exact and finely-distinguished knowledge of the human heart and mind than almost any other, with greater breadth...
I sew his ears on from time to time, sure.
I should send my bees ashore for you, upon my sacred honour.
Well, I will wear the bees, like Damon and Pythagoras — ho, a mere sixty thousand bees in the cabin don't signify, much.
You do not mean there is danger of peace?", cried Jack.
