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“I can tell you that you will have your hearts broken more by the people you love than by the people you hate. But you must still dare to love. The rewards are worth far more than the risks.”
― Into the Gauntlet
― Into the Gauntlet
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“Un-winged and naked, sorrow surrenders its crown to a throne called grace.”
― The River of Winged Dreams
― The River of Winged Dreams
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“Objection, evasion, joyous distrust, and love of irony are signs of health; everything absolute belongs to pathology.”
― Beyond Good and Evil
― Beyond Good and Evil
![Terrence Malick](https://cdn.statically.io/img/i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1457773352i/4830964._UX200_CR0,38,200,200_.jpg)
“The nuns taught us there are two ways through life, the way of Nature and the way of Grace. You have to choose which one you'll follow.
Grace doesn't try to please itself. Accepts being slighted, forgotten, disliked. Accepts insults and injuries.
Nature only wants to please itself. Get others to please it too. Likes to lord it over them. To have its own way. It finds reasons to be unhappy when all the world is shining around it. And love is smiling through all things.”
― The Tree of Life
Grace doesn't try to please itself. Accepts being slighted, forgotten, disliked. Accepts insults and injuries.
Nature only wants to please itself. Get others to please it too. Likes to lord it over them. To have its own way. It finds reasons to be unhappy when all the world is shining around it. And love is smiling through all things.”
― The Tree of Life
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