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41 " Or maybe that’s just my perception. Often, what comes with age is not wisdom but intolerance. "
― C.J. Tudor , The Chalk Man
42 " like a lot of radicalized people, they believed they were doing the right thing, for some sort of higher purpose. So much so that they could excuse all the wrong things they did in their cause. "
43 " Personally, I have found that it is much better to take your fears, lock them up in a nice, tightly shut box and shove them into the deepest, darkest corner of your mind. But each to their own. "
44 " I drew her to me and hugged her as hard as I could, like I could squeeze out all the pain, even as a small part of me wondered if, sometimes, forgetting was the kindness. Remembering--perhaps that was the killer. "
45 " My life has been defined by the things I didn't do. The things I didn't say. I think it's the same for a lot of people. What shapes us is not always our achievements but our omissions. "
46 " There are some things in life you can alter – your weight, your appearance, even your name – but there are others that wishing and trying and working hard can never make any difference to. Those things are the ones that shape us. Not the things we can change but the ones we can’t. "
47 " But that’s not entirely. My life has been defined by the things I didn’t do. The things I didn’t say think it’s the same for a lot of people. What shapes us is not always our achievements but our omissions. Not lies: simply the truths we don’t sell. "
48 " Once you strip those away we become just a mass of flesh, bone and blood vessels. "
49 " That’s how it is when you’re kids. You can let things go. It gets harder as you get older. "
50 " The thing you have to understand is that being a good person isn’t about singing hymns, or praying to some mythical god. It isn’t about wearing a cross or going to church every Sunday. Being a good person is about how you treat others. A good person doesn’t need a religion, because they are content within themselves that they are doing the right thing. "
51 " me. But I found out eventually. After the police came round to arrest him for attempted murder. "
52 " You know what someone once told me? Secrets are like arseholes. We all have them. It's just that some are dirtier than others. "
53 " Al parecer, la religión funciona así. Asesina, viola, mata y mutila cuanto quieras, pues todo te será perdonado siempre y cuando te arrepientas. "
54 " A principled man is generally a man who has everything he wants, or absolutely nothing to lose. "
55 " Beneath the veneer of adulthood, beneath the layers of experience we accrue as the years march stoically onward, we are all still children, with scraped knees and snotty noses, who need our parents…and our friends. "
56 " There are some things in life you can alter – your weight, your appearance, even your name – but there are others that wishing and trying and working hard can never make any difference to. Those things are the ones that shape us. Not the things we can change, but the ones we can’t. "
57 " We think we want answers. But what we really want are the right answers. Human nature. We ask questions that we hope will give us the truth we want to hear. The problem is, you can’t choose your truths. "
58 " Love isn’t a choice. It’s a compulsion. I know that now. But perhaps, sometimes, you should choose. "
59 " Of course, as it turned out, we were waiting. And when the girl’s pale hand beckoned from a careless fall of crumpled leaves, it felt as though the whole town let out a long, stagnant breath. Because it had happened. The worst had finally come. "
60 " Nunca presupongas nada. Duda de todo. Mira siempre más allá de lo evidente. "