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1 " But the only way never to do the wrong thing is never to do anything. "
― Jim Butcher , White Night (The Dresden Files, #9)
2 " Many things are not as they seem: The worst things in life never are. "
3 " Regardless of what I think about Islam or Wicca or any other religion, the fact is that it's a group of people. Every faith has its ceremonies. And since it's made up of people, every faith also has its assholes. "
4 " See? This is why I'm not religious. I couldn't possibly keep my mouth shut long enough to get along with everyone else. "
5 " Don't call me a dinosaur. It isn't fair to the dinosaurs. What did a dinosaur ever do to you? "
6 " Age is always advancing and I'm fairly sure it's up to no good. "
7 " Everyone is down on pain, because they forget something important about it: Pain is for the living. Only the dead don't feel it. "
8 " Knowledge is the ultimate weapon. It always has been. "
9 " There is a primal reassurance in being touched, in knowing that someone else, someone close to you, wants to be touching you. There is a bone-deep security that goes with the brush of a human hand, a silent, reflex-level affirmation that someone is near, that someone cares. "
10 " Loneliness is a hard thing to handle. I feel it, sometimes. When I do, I want it to end. Sometimes, when you're near someone, when you touch them on some level that is deeper than the uselessly structured formality of casual civilized interaction, there's a sense of satisfaction in it. Or at least, there is for me. It doesn't have to be someone particularly nice. You don't have to like them. You don't even have to want to work with them. You might even want to punch them in the nose. Sometimes just making that connection is its own experience, its own reward. "
11 " Being a wizard gives you more power than most, but it doesn't change your heart. We're all human. We're all of us equally naked before the jaws of pain. "
12 " What is the point of having free will if one cannot occasionally spit in the eye of destiny? "
13 " The wacky thing about those bad guys is that you can't count on them to be obvious. They forget to wax their mustaches and goatees, leave their horns at home, send their black hats to the dry cleaner's. They're funny like that. "
14 " Bring it, Darth Bathrobe! "
15 " People love dogs. You can never go wrong adding a dog to the story. "
16 " Doing battle with the forces of… I was going to say evil, but I’m increasingly unsure exactly where everyone around me falls on the Jedi-Sith Index. "
17 " but age is always advancing and I’m fairly sure it’s up to no good. "
18 " that growing up is all about getting hurt. And then getting over it. You hurt. You recover. You move on. Odds are pretty good you’re just going to get hurt again. But each time, you learn something. "
19 " Pain is a part of life. Sometimes it’s a big part, and sometimes it isn’t, but either way, it’s part of the big puzzle, the deep music, the great game. Pain does two things: It teaches you, tells you that you’re alive. Then it passes away and leaves you changed. "
20 " Bigots see something they expect and then they stop thinking about what is in front of them, "
