Tissa reflected that religion is divine poetry whilst morality is made up of customs and traditions that change with the place and the times. How do men who read the same books he reads, live on the same kind of food in the same world and social class, differ so much from him and from each other in mind and body? He concluded that his present state of body and mind that gives rise to his reflections cannot be just the outcome of books he read and the food he ate, nor his own efforts to adapt to his world and his social class. Human beings are born with an individuality that is unique to each, but this cannot be attributed to the presence or absence of a soul. The same individuality is there in each leaf, and one leaf differs from another. Yet all the leaves get the same nourishment from the roots of the tree, and the sun and the air. Anonymous
Friends are the family you choose (~ Nin/Ithilnin, Elven rogue).
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Jess C. Scott
If I were a tree, I would have no reason to love a human.
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Maggie Stiefvater
I cannot compromise my respect for your love. You can keep your love, I will keep my respect.
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Amit Kalantri
It often occurs that pride and selfishness are muddled with strength and independence. They are neither equal nor similar; in fact, they are polar opposites. A coward may be so cowardly that he masks his weakness with some false personification of power. He is afraid...
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Criss Jami
People don't always want to be with people. It gets tiring.
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Emma Donoghue
