"The only true law is that which leads to freedom."
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"We [Americans] are game-playing, fun-loving creatures; we are the otters of the universe."
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"If your happiness depends on what somebody else does, I guess you do have a problem."
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"Jonathan Seagull discovered that boredom and fear and anger are the reasons that a gull's life is so short, and with those gone from his thought, he lived a long fine life indeed."
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"How can a deer tell when a leaf falls silent in the forest? She hears it breathing differently."
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"Every problem has a gift for you in its hands."
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"The mark of your ignorance is the depth of your belief in injustice and tragedy. What the caterpillar calls the end of the world, the Master calls the butterfly."
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"If you want to meet someone who can fix any situation you don't like, who can bring you happiness in spite of what other people say or believe, look in a mirror, then say this magic word: 'Hello.'"
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"You can achieve a goal; you never really achieve your purpose, because your purpose is ongoing. It never stops."
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"You're never given a dream without the power to make it true."
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"The opposite of Loneliness is not Togetherness , It's Intimacy."
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"The simplest things are often the truest."
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"The worst lies are the lies we tell ourselves. We live in denial of what we do, even what we think. We do this because we're afraid.We fear we will not find love,and when we find it we fear we'll lose it. We fear that if we don't have love we will be unhappy."
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"Most gulls don't bother to learn more than the simplest facts of flight - how to get from shore to food and back again"
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"I want to be very close to someone I respect and admire and have somebody who feels the same way about me."
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"That’s what learning is, after all; not whether we lose the game, but how we lose and how we’ve changed because of it, and what we take away from it that we never had before, to apply to other games. Losing, in a curious way is winning."
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"All we see of someone at any moment is a snapshot of their life, there in riches or poverty, in joy or despair. Snapshots don't show the million decisions that led to that moment."
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"If you will practice being fictional for a while, you will understand that fictional characters are sometimes more real than people with bodies and heartbeats."
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"In order to live free and happily you must sacrifice boredom. It is not always an easy sacrifice."
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"A soulmate is someone who has locks that fit our keys, and keys to fit our locks."
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