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161 " But not thinking can lead to misunderstandings and, in some cases, tragedies. "
― C.J. Tudor , The Chalk Man
162 " People can hurt you without even realising they're doing it. "
163 " Assuming can trip us up in other ways, too. It can stop us seeing people for who they really are and make us lose sight of the people we know. "
164 " Looking back, I guess, like a lot of radicalised people, they believe 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. "
165 " Principles are nice things. If you can afford them. "
166 " And you can't fight crazy. Crazy always wins. "
167 " The fact is, we all have a price, we all have buttons that can be pressed to make us do things that are not entirely honerable. "
168 " Mickey's presence had become its own poison, contaminating everyone around him. "
169 " Who needs the word of God when the words of some reality-TV star will do just as well? "
170 " Principles do not pay them morgage, or clear out debts. Principles are actually pretty useless currency in the daily grind of life. "
171 " People say there's nothing stronger than love. They're right. That's why the worst attrocities are always committed in its name. "
172 " None of us is ever really prepared for death. For something so finite. As human beings, we're used to being able to control our lives. To extend them, to an extent. But death brooks no argument. No final plea. No appeal. Death is death, and he holds all the cards. Even if you cheat him once, he won't let you call his bluff a secondary time. "
173 " A principled man is generally man who has everything he wants, or nothing to lose. "
174 " You have to take a chance sometimes. (...). Otherwise you never get anywhere in life. You just end up sitting around and fossilising, instead of actually living. "
175 " Where always giving ourselves time. Then, one day, it just runs out. "
176 " Self-inflicted pain does not merit sympathy. "
177 " Looking back, I think that was the last time we were all together like that. Relaxed, friends, still a gang, before things started to splinter and crack. "