Wendy Mass Quotes

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We are here because over billions of years, countless variables fell into place, any of which could have taken another path. We are essentially a beautiful fluke, as are the millions of other species with which we share this planet. Our cells are composed of atoms and dust particles from distant galaxies, and from the billions of living organisms that inhabited this planet before us.

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The oversized chairs are white; the walls, covered with occasional landscape paintings, are white; and the plush carpet is the whitest of all. I'm insanely glad I didn't bring a cup of grape juice with me.

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I've learned that if you wait long enough, you might get a second chance at something you gave up on. And sometimes you'll be the one to give the second chance to someone else.

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I am not plain, or average or - God forbid - vanilla. I am peanut butter rocky road with multicolored sprinkles, hot fudge and a cherry on top.

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A wise man once remarked that we can count how many seeds are in the apple, but not how many apples are in the seed.

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And as streams of light fan out behind the darkened sun like the wings of a butterfly, i realize that i never saw true beauty until now.

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So we stand there, part of a crowd a thousand people strong, beaming up at the sky with wonder. I knew with a sudden certainty that wherever I am in the future - up in my treehouse, alone in the school cafeteria, or trying to figure out what my teachers are talking about, a part of me will always be right here, right now, wish that giant eye in the sky shining down on me, telling me it's going to be alright.

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The people on the train with me don't know it, but in my head I'm dancing.

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I blame my dad for my sweet tooth. His motto was 'Life is short; eat dessert first.' How can I argue with that?

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You take the flotsam," I tell her, "I'll take the jetsam." You always get the jetsam,"she says pretending to pout. "Do you ever think if poeple heard our conversations they'd lock us up?" All the time.

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It's a date," Leo repeats, and we shake on it.Leo's mother sticks her head in the door. "You guys are too young to be dating!" "Mom!"Leo cries, turning bright red.

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The trick is that as long as you know who you are and what makes you happy, it doesn't matter how others see you.

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And when he [the author of the universe] had compounded the whole, he divided it up into as many souls as there are stars, and allotted each soul to a star. And mounting them on their stars, as if on chariots, he showed them the nature of the universe and told them the laws of their destiny. - "Timaeus" by Plato 427-347 B.C.

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I've learned that everyone can do their part to repair the world

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Comparing what you see during an eclipse to the darkness at night is like comparing an ocean to a teardrop.

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How can you, of all people, say everything will be alright?" He has a point. I consider my answer. "Well, it's better than saying 'Keep on crying, I'm sure things will just get worse,' right?

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I'm going to be so normal that when people look up normal in the dictionary, my name will be there.

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Why do you like books so much? he asked. Miles answered without taking his face away from the window. You never know what you'll learn when you open one. And if it's a story, you sort of fall into it. Then you live there for a while, instead of, you know, living here.

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Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a battle you know nothing about.

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If everyone waited to do something good until they had purely unselfish motivations, no good would ever get done in the world. The point is to do it anyway.

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