Doe Quotes - Page 39

• When a depressed person shrinks away from your touch it does not mean he is rejecting you. Rather he is protecting you from the foul, destructive evil which he believes is the essence of his being and which he believes can injure you.

  Dorothy Rowe

  Depression, Believe, Mean

  Dorothy Rowe (2003). “Depression: The Way Out of Your Prison”, p.197, Psychology Press

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• Mother, recently I have discovered the one way in which human beings differ completely from other animals. Man has, I know, language, knowledge, principles, and social order, but don't all the other animals have them too, granted the difference of degree? Perhaps the animals even have religions. Man boasts of being the lord of all creation, but it would seem as if essentially he does not differ in the least from other animals. But, Mother, there was one way I thought of. Perhaps you won't understand. It's a faculty absolutely unique to man - having secrets. Can you see what I mean?

  Osamu Dazai

  Mother, Mean, Men

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• Somewhere, right at the bottom of one’s own being, one generally does know where one should go and what one should do. But there are times when the clown we call “I” behaves in such a distracting fashion that the inner voice cannot make its presence felt.

  Carl Jung

  Fashion, Voice, Clown

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• Time does not pass, it merely changes.

  Paulo Coelho

  "Aleph". Book by Paulo Coelho, 2011.

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• No selfishness or insecurity kept him from seeing the full extent of her goodness, as it so often does with the rest of us. That kind of love may only be possible in Abnegation. I do not know.

  Veronica Roth

  Insecurity, Selfishness, May

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• In some sense, gravity does not exist; what moves the planets and the stars is the distortion of space and time.

  Michio Kaku

  Stars, Moving, Space

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• The sun began to set behind Bethlehem and the beams were breaking through some white and gray clouds. There was a slight and beautiful chill from the autumn air. I gave thanks for that beautiful day and for the fact that the sun does not know Palestinian from Israeli, Christian from Muslim or Jew, and Asian from American or African, and I asked myself: If the sun shines on all of us as one, how much more does the sun's Creator see and love us all as one?

  Ted Dekker

  Beautiful, Christian, Autumn

  Ted Dekker, Carl Medearis (2010). “Tea with Hezbollah: Sitting at the Enemies Table Our Journey Through the Middle East”, p.198, Image

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• Am I jealous? he thought, astonished. Jealous of the chance object to which she has attached herself? Jealous of something that does not concern me? One can be jealous of a love that has turned away, but not of that to which it has turned.

  Erich Maria Remarque

  Jealous, Chance, Concern

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• What does my soul look like to you?' 'I couldn't reduce it to words if I tried, but its beauty is unsurpassed.

  Lauren Kate

  Soul, Looks, Ifs

  Lauren Kate (2013). “The Fallen Series: 4-Book Collection”, p.997, Delacorte Press

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• Being a Silent Brother is life, Clary Fray. But if you mean I remember my life before the Brotherhood, I do. Clary took a deep breath. “Were you ever in love? Before the Brotherhood? Was there ever anyone you would have died for?” There was a long silence. Then: Two people, said Brother Zachariah. There are memories that time does not erase, Clarissa. Ask your friend Magnus Bane, if you do not believe me. Forever does not make loss forgettable, only bearable.

  Cassandra Clare

  Brother, Memories, Believe

  Cassandra Clare (2012). “Cassandra Clare: The Mortal Instruments Series (5 books): City of Bones; City of Ashes; City of Glass; City of Fallen Angels, City of Lost Souls”, p.2269, Simon and Schuster

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• The world would hate His followers, not because of evil in their lives, but precisely because of the absence of evil or rather their goodness. Goodness does not cause hatred, but it gives occasion for hatred to manifest itself. The holier and purer a life, the more it would attract malignity and hate. Mediocrity alone survives.

  Fulton J. Sheen

  Hate, Evil, Giving

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• It's a very small object to be capable of doing many wonderful things, don't you think?" "It does much more that that," Valkyrie said, opening up a game and showing it to him. His eyes widened. "What wonder is this?" "It's called Angry Birds. Now do you believe me?

  Derek Landy

  Believe, Eye, Thinking

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• He dinna act like an Alpha." "He does in some areas.

  Gail Carriger

  Alphas, Areas

  Gail Carriger (2012). “Timeless: Book 5 of The Parasol Protectorate”, p.190, Hachette UK

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• Because feeling love does make you feel superior. Until you find out you aren't loved back.

  Kaui Hart Hemmings

  Feelings, Feels, Superiors

  Kaui Hart Hemmings (2008). “The Descendants”, p.202, Random House

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• Your family should be there. Your family should always be there. What does it say about you if they aren't?

  Chris Lynch

  Should, Ifs

  Chris Lynch (2012). “Inexcusable”, p.117, Simon and Schuster

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• One stroke of lightning does not have to lead anywhere, but to the next stroke of lightning.

  Alice Munro

  Lightning, Next, Strokes

  Alice Munro (2015). “Lives of Girls and Women”, p.124, Random House

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• I don't like people who speak or think in terms of gaining anybody's confidence. If one's actions are honest, one does not need the predated confidence of others, only their rational perception. The person who craves a moral blank check of that kind, has dishonest intentions, whether he admits it to himself or not.

  Ayn Rand

  Thinking, People, Perception

  Ayn Rand (1999). “Ayn Rand Reader”, p.157, Penguin

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• To suffer is one thing; another thing is living with the photographed images of suffering, which does not necessarily strengthen conscience and the ability to be compassionate. It can also corrupt them. Once one has seen such images, one has started down the road of seeing more - and more. Images transfix. Images anesthetize.

  Susan Sontag

  Suffering, Compassionate, Ability

  Susan Sontag (2011). “On Photography”, p.21, Macmillan

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• Love doesn't last." She didn't know how much showed her pale face. Meribah's face softened. "Sometimes it does. If it's the right kind.

  Francine Rivers

  Lasts, Faces, Kind

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• This is what love does: It makes you want to rewrite the world. It makes you want to choose the characters, build the scenery, guide the plot. The person you love sits across from you, and you want to do everything in your power to make it possible, endlessly possible. And when it’s just the two of you, alone in a room, you can pretend that this is how it is, this is how it will be.

  David Levithan

  Writing, Character, Two

  David Levithan (2013). “Every Day”, p.108, Egmont UK

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• Whoever, then, thinks that he understands the Holy Scriptures, or any part of them, but puts such an interpretation upon them as does not tend to build up this twofold love of God and our neighbor, does not yet understand them as he ought.

  Saint Augustine

  Thinking, Scripture, God Love

  St. Augustine, Saint Augustine, J. F. Shaw (2009). “On Christian Doctrine”, p.26, Courier Corporation

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• Dor shook his head. “The phrase. What does it mean?” Sarah wondered if he was kidding. “Time flies? You know, like, time goes really fast and suddenly you’re saying goodbye and it’s like no time passed at all?” His eyes drifted. He liked it. “Time flies.” “With you,” she added.

  Mitch Albom

  Goodbye, Mean, Eye

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• I believe that the most urgent need of parents today is to instill in our children a moral vision: what does it mean to be a good person, an excellent neighbor, a compassionate heart? What does it mean to say that God exits, that He loves us and He cares for us? What does it mean to love and forgive each other? Parents and caregivers of children must play a primary role in returning our society to a healthy sense of the sacred. We must commit to feeding our children’s souls in the same way we commit to feeding their bodies.

  Marianne Williamson

  Children, Believe, Mean

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• Really love him, I mean," Geilie persisted. "Not just to bed him; I know you want that, and he does too. They all do. But do you love him?" Did I love him? Beyond the urges of the flesh? The hole had the dark anonymity of the confessional, and a soul on the verge of death had no time for lies. "Yes," I said, and laid my head back on my knees. It was silent in the hole for some time, and I hovered once more on the verge of sleep, when I heard her speak once more, as though to herself. "So it's possible," she said thoughtfully.

  Diana Gabaldon

  Lying, Mean, Sleep

  Diana Gabaldon (2015). “The Outlander Series 8-Book Bundle: Outlander, Dragonfly in Amber, Voyager, Drums of Autumn, The Fiery Cross, A Breath of Snow and Ashes, An Echo in the Bone, Written in My Own Heart's Blood”, p.408, Dell

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• That's just your ego, trying to make sure it stays in charge. This is what ego does. It keeps you feeling separate, keeps you with a sense of duality, tries to convince you that you're flawed and broken and alone instead of whole.

  Elizabeth Gilbert

  Broken, Ego, Feelings

  Elizabeth Gilbert (2010). “The Complete Elizabeth Gilbert: Eat, Pray, Love; Committed; The Last American Man; Stern Men & Pilgrims”, p.134, A&C Black

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