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Elaine: He saved my life twice. He's the only grown-up I know who keeps his promises.Michael: Yes. It is a point of pride with him. But please — don't mistake it for a virtue.
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All stories are lies. But good stories are lies made from light and fire. And they lift our hearts out of the dust, and out of the grave.
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You know what it's like to *lose* yourself in a story. We have brother and sister *souls*.
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And for Peter... well, sometimes cruelty is kindness in disguise. Sometimes pain is the best teacher. Sometimes it does you no harm to realize that there's a limit to what you can get away with.
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Beliefs are collars to which leashes can be attached
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But Tom was not thinking about magic or struggle or the rest of his journey. He was enjoying the game and the bright sun, and his heart was a child's heart.But then, all grownup's hearts are children's hearts inside, if you can only find the catch that opens them.
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Men, women, children - all have souls. Tables. Rocks. Wheels. Cups. All likewise have souls. Spirit lives in matter. All matter. Where else would it live?
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Jeśli oczy są zwierciadłem duszy, jej dusza miała horyzont zdarzeń.
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That's what I've never been able to get about religion: that charmless combination of altruism and insanity. Give me a cynical, self-interested bastard any day of the week; at least you can play chicken with him and know he'll stick to the rules.
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