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The experiences of camp life show that man does have a choice of action. There were enough examples, often of a heroic nature, which proved that apathy could be overcome, irritability suppressed. Man can preserve a vestige of spiritual freedom, of independence of mind, even in such terrible conditions of psychic and physical stress. — Viktor E. Frankl

When you see a close person you know pass in front of your eyes, it's hard core. After all that, I just wanted to enjoy every day. That was my goal. And to give thanks and to live fully. — Lenny Kravitz

Throw the computer away and don't look on the internet. That's the best thing to do. — Daniel Craig

At the heart of the novelist's craft lies an optimism which thinks that the knowledge we gather from our everyday experience, if given proper form, can become valuable knowledge about reality. — Orhan Pamuk

Ah, my dear; and I shall never be happy unless I can open the windows! — Edith Wharton

Yet, even now, ever time (often) that I find that I don't understand something, then instinctively, I'm filled with the hope that perhaps this will be my moment again, perhaps once again I shall understand nothing, I shall grasp that other knowledge, found and lost in an instant. — Italo Calvino

The older i got, the taller i got, the more that hole within me stretched until it was gaping throughout my adult life, like a wide eyed jaw-dropping fish on ice ... — Cecelia Ahern

You can't hurt others without hurting yourself; you can't love others without loving yourself. — Debasish Mridha

We never know how long we have. We're never guaranteed tomorrow. I could die right now, right here. — Jennifer Niven

Look, don't just stare at the pages," I used to tell my students. "Become the characters. Live inside the book. — Wally Lamb

Miri woke to the sleepy bleating of a goat. The world was as dark as eyes closed, but perhaps the goats could smell dawn seeping through the cracks in the house's stone walls. Though still half-asleep, she was aware of the late autumn chill hovering just outside her blanket, and she wanted to curl up tighter and sleep like a bear through frost and night and day. — Shannon Hale