Things are not always as they seem

"We are all patchwork, and so shapeless and diverse in composition that each bit, each moment, plays its own game. And there is as much difference between us and ourselves as between us and others."

- Michel de Montaigne

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"Where a man’s wound is, that is where his genius will be. Wherever the wound appears in our psyches, whether from an alcoholic father, shaming mother, shaming father, abusing mother, whether it stems from isolation, disability or disease, that is precisely the place for which we will give our major gift to the community."

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Robert Bly

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"The true measure of a mountain’s greatness is not its height but whether it is charming enough to attract dragons."

- from a Chinese poem

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"Select your battles carefully. Ultimately, victory and defeat
are a matter of your own careful—or reckless —choices ."

- Dune- The Machine Crusade

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There is an art to legend telling, and an art to living the legend.

- a saying of Ancient Kaitain

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- Sandstorms of Dune

"All worthy work is open to interpretations the author did not intend. Art isn’t your pet — it’s your kid. It grows up and talks back to you."

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Joss Whedon

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"Let me tell you this: if you meet a loner, no matter what they tell you, it’s not because they enjoy solitude. It’s because they have tried to blend into the world before, and people continue to disappoint them."

- Jodi Picoult, My Sister’s Keeper (via odious)

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"My imagination makes me human and makes me a fool; it gives me all the world, and exiles me from it."

- Ursula K. Le Guin  (via arpeggia)

"Don’t dare to be different, dare to be yourself - if that doesn’t make you different then something is wrong."

- Laura Baker

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"A book can teach you, a conversation can assure you, a poem can seduce you, a genius can inspire you but only you can save yourself."

- Anthony Anaxagorou

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