You could harbor a man in your bed or your body, play on his nervous system like Paderewski at the keyboard, and not shift his brain one inch out of the concrete of dogma. (p. 5)
Learn to deal with the fact that you are not a perfect person but you are a person that deserves respect and honesty.
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Pandora Poikilos
My brain tells me it will be better to just let him go. My heart... not so much.
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Simone Elkeles
Biology gives you a brain. Life turns it into a mind.
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Jeffrey Eugenides
This is my simple religion. There is no need for temples; no need for complicated philosophy. Our own brain, our own heart is our temple; the philosophy is kindness.
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Dalai Lama Xiv
Rabbit's clever, " said Pooh thoughtfully." Yes, " said Piglet, "Rabbit's clever."" And he has Brain.""Yes, " said Piglet, "Rabbit has Brain."There was a long silence." I suppose, " said Pooh, "that that's why he never understands anything.
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A.a. Milne
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The world was ersatz and actual, forged and faked, by ourselves and unseen others. Daring to attempt to absolutely sort fake from real was a folly that would call down tigers or hiccups to cure us of our recklessness. The effort was doomed, for it...
