“The effort for self-preservation is the first and only foundation of virtue.”

― Baruch Spinoza, Ethics

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“A kind of light spread out from her. And everything changed color. And the world opened out. And a day was good to awaken to. And there were no limits to anything. And the people of the world were good and handsome. And I was not afraid any more.”

― John Steinbeck, East of Eden

“People imagine, and people believe: and it is that belief, that rock-solid belief, that makes things happen.”

― Neil Gaiman, American Gods

“Anyway, where’s the fun without a bit of risk?”

― J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

“The opposite of every truth is just as true!”

― Hermann Hesse, Siddhartha

“Yet command and obedience are but unfortunate necessities of human life: society in equality is its normal state.”

― John Stuart Mill, The Subjection of Women

“If you’ve ever been homesick, or felt exiled from all the things and people that once defined you, you’ll know how important welcoming words and friendly smiles can be.”

― Stephen King, 11/22/63

“We cannot always assure the future of our friends; we have a better chance of assuring our future if we remember who our friends are.”

― Henry Kissinger, White House Years

“All men plume themselves on the improvement of society, and no man improves.”

― Ralph Waldo Emerson, Self-Reliance

“Books are a poor substitute for female companionship, but they are easier to find.”

― Patrick Rothfuss, The Wise Man's Fear

“The consciousness of the falsity of present pleasures, and the ignorance of the vanity of absent pleasures, cause inconstancy.”

― Blaise Pascal, Pensées

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