One describes a tale best by telling the tale. You see? The way one describes a story, to oneself or to the world, is by telling the story. It is a balancing act and it is a dream. The more accurate the map, the more it resembles the territory. The most accurate map possible would be the territory, and thus would be perfectly accurate and perfectly useless. The tale is the map that is the territory. You must remember this.
Neil Gaiman
Related I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ... KELLY JONES His life seemed like a deck of cards, and in the midst of all those two’s and three’s someone ha... TEKOA MANNING Mother Superior jump the gun... -The Beatles, Happiness is a Warm Gun LAUREN MYRACLE Empathy is the new measurement of everything. It doesn't matter what religion you have, what God you... C. JOYBELL C. He wept because he was afraid now that he could not save Gabriel. He no longer cared about himself LOIS LOWRY When I die it will be game over,... but I know one life is short, to be selfish is not the best deci... DEYTH BANGER Today is about the now, the moment you live in, so do now what you want to do SOTONYE ANGA To search the sands of a lost desert for truth and justice in this world today you might as well be ... GARY F EVANS... Your mind is a Microcosm of strength and power. There’s all the magic you need in it. When all els... CHINONYE J. CHIDOLUE Then that's what the Northern Lights are. All the lives that we're not living. ADI ALSAID Delirium: You use that word so much. Responsibilities. Do you ever think about what that means? I me... NEIL GAIMAN The love you get, is equal to the love you give. BEN OAK Integrity is not everything, but it is the only thing that matters. JEFFREY FRY Dedication is the preparation to success! WERNER BOTHA The battle is not physical, it is spiritual and your mind is the battleground. Keep your mind pure a... JEANETTE CORON If the best is possible, than good is never enough and only do the best. ROBERT SIAHAAN We begin to fight. The wind and I. Horns locked. Battling each other with elements. LAURA DOCKRILL The Journey starts with a map,
or it's over before it begins.
- Daniel Oke DANIEL OKE What is the Other?" they ask. The Other is the one who taught me whatI should be like, but not ... PAULO COELHO Life is not a game. Still, in this life, we choose the games we live to play. J.R. RIM I believe that there is a Matrix and... to be more accurate I am in the Pornography Matrix. DEYTH BANGER We have tears in our eyes As we wave our goodbyes, We so loved being with you, we three. ROALD DAHL That's it really; it's all love, whichever way you look at it, it's all love. How much you can Get f... GEORGE HARRISON Be the best of you. Don’t do what society, your surroundings, or circumstances expect you to do. D... DR ANIL KUMAR SINHA You know, I don't think my music is important, I don't think it's changing the world, I ... SUFJAN STEVENS I'm fucking the grave, I thought, I'm bringing the dead back to life... CHARLES BUKOWSKI A great future starts with what you can see SOTONYE ANGA Typing is the future of talking and to don't forgot and brother of feature. DEYTH BANGER I have to get out. VERONICA ROTH Reading can be dangerous. DIANE SETTERFIELD Now isn´t the time to change yourself to fit into the world... you should be changing the world to ... ALEXANDRA BRACKEN It was because they were two parts of a whole. He did not belong to her. And she did not belong to h... RENEE AHDIEH Cease with the displays of false modesty. The entire palace knows about it." A feeling of warmt... RENEE AHDIEH Do you know why I adore roses?" Shahrzad untied the knot of his tikka sash with deliberate slowness.... RENEE AHDIEH Where were you?" Shahrzad tried to control the tremor in her voice. "Not where I should have b... RENEE AHDIEH As always. As ever. As a rose to the sun. RENEE AHDIEH The king may rule the kingdom, but it's the queen who moves the board. D.M. TIMNEY Love is a growing, or full constant light, And his first minute, after noon, is night. JOHN DONNE You must save what you can of your life; you musn't lose it all simply because you've lost a part. HENRY JAMES This is your fault. I'm going to kill you. And all the cake is gone. You don't even care, do yo... J.K. SIMMONS The world is a beautiful place to be born into if you don't mind happiness not always... LAWRENCE FERLINGHETTI The real world out there isn't nearly as nice as some people prefer it to be, so don't swallow every... DAVID EDDINGS The warm sound of her laughter stole through Khalid's skin, heating the coldest reaches of his soul. RENEE AHDIEH It is a lie. ARTHUR MILLER Kindness is universal. Sometimes being kind allows others to see the goodness in humanity through yo... GERMANY KENT You're full of contradictions, Ms. Wallace." I looked up at him and arched a brow. "I'm a girl... TAMMARA WEBBER There are three basic problems: how a mind can know the world of nature, how it is possible for one ... DONALD DAVIDSON The Revenant - Just one great, phenomenal picture is show. So if there is machines for to put you in... DEYTH BANGER What lies ahead of you is better than what you have already experienced. JAACHYNMA N.E. AGU Everyone is the Umbrella Man and he is everyone. Every cough, sneeze, smile and wave means both ever... CRAIG CLEVENGER Well, you can't know it without something having been sneezed. A.A. MILNE We'll be Friends Forever, won't we, Pooh?' asked Piglet. Even longer,' Pooh answered.” ... A.A. MILNE Be kind. We never know what people are going through. Give grace and mercy because one day your circ... GERMANY KENT Today you will choose your factions. Until this point you have followed your parents’ paths, your ... VERONICA ROTH Honesty is the best policy. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN In a time of universal deceit - telling the truth is a revolutionary act. UNKNOWN The things i know now, i never knew then. I wish i knew. SOTONYE ANGA Don't you ever get the feeling that all your life is going by and you're not taking advantage of it?... ERNEST HEMINGWAY The end of the world is a strange concept. The world is always ending, and the end is always being a... NEIL GAIMAN Without a past you can't have a future. MICHAEL ENDE Once someone dreams a dream, it can't just drop out of existence. But if the dreamer can't remember ... MICHAEL ENDE The map is not the territory. UNKNOWN The map is not the territory. ALFRED KORZYBSKI The map is not the territory. LEMONY SNICKET Friendship is a double-edged sword one side it can be great and true but the other side it spells be... GARY F EVANS... I smiled to myself, thinking of America, measuring her against the other girls. She was pretty, if a... KIERA CASS Don't tug your ear with anyone else. That's mine. KIERA CASS It's not about what it is, it's about what it can become. DR. SEUSS And so castles made of sand fall in the sea, eventually. JIMI HENDRIX Open your mind. Accept differences. Yearn for peace. Heal the world. MATSHONA DHLIWAYO The young gentlemen who came calling seemed especially puzzling. They sat in their velvet shirts and... PATRICIA A. MCKILLIP Then there is the other secret. There isn't any symbolysm [sic]. The sea is the sea. The old man is ... ERNEST HEMINGWAY Those who worry stumble long The Way. Those who pray have no time to stray. ERROL ANTHONY SMYTHE To have the cognitive abilities to do research and development is vital to a forever expanding world... GARY F EVANS... Victory does not come to cowards;it comes to the brave ones. JAACHYNMA N.E. AGU Anything that is exclusive will be accused of elitism; living one’s dreams will be called pretenti... FENNEL HUDSON Wrong? So you are saying, I'm wrong okay then... It's not possible every time to be right, one ... DEYTH BANGER Some people never take a chance and never know what it's like to live life to the full. CHLOE THURLOW For my generation, the bomber jacket is like a replacement for the suit jacket. It's a piece tha... THE WEEKND I'm the most boring person to talk to. THE WEEKND Fish die when they are out of water, and people die without law and order. THE TALMUD He who promises runs in debt. THE TALMUD For me, bomber jackets are smart, but they are also street and have a lot of attitude. THE WEEKND Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not ... THE BIBLE Who is a wise man? He who learns of all men. THE TALMUD Who is wise? One who learns from all. THE TALMUD The end result of wisdom is... good deeds. THE TALMUD Starting a band is the easy part. Once you've formed the band, you have to tell a story, and tha... THE EDGE Join the company of lions rather than assume the lead among foxes. THE TALMUD No labor, however humble, is dishonoring. THE TALMUD If one man says to thee, Thou art a donkey, pay no heed. If two speak thus, purchase a saddle. THE TALMUD Every blade of grass has its angel that bends over it and whispers, grow, grow. THE TALMUD This is the punishment of a liar: he is not believed, even when he speaks the truth. THE TALMUD Prayer carries us half way to God, fasting brings us to the door of His palace, and alms-giving proc... THE KORAN When you teach your son, you teach your son's son. THE TALMUD This is the sum of all -- righteousness. In causing pleasure or in giving pain, in doing good or inj... THE MAHABHARTA The sun will set without thy assistance. THE TALMUD A person will be called to account on Judgment Day for every permissible thing he might have enjoyed... THE TALMUD Thy friend has a friend, and thy friend's friend has a friend; be discreet. THE TALMUD Everyone whose deeds are more than his wisdom, his wisdom endures; and everyone whose wisdom is more... THE TALMUD
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