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> [“From my low perch, I watch the world as it passes by on these dirty side streets. There are no westerners in this corner of the city. Just locals going about their business. Weighing out brightly colored spices, walking back…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-lloyd-qualls/from-my-low-perch-i-watch-the-world-as-it-passes-by-on-these-dirty/)

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## More by Thomas Lloyd Qualls

> [“From my low perch, I watch the world as it passes by on these dirty side streets. There are no westerners in this corner…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-lloyd-qualls/from-my-low-perch-i-watch-the-world-as-it-passes-by-on-these-dirty/)

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> [“Water knows no boundary. Though we may draw it on a map, say this is where the water starts and where it ends, it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-lloyd-qualls/water-knows-no-boundary-though-we-may-draw-it-on-a-map-say-this-is/)

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> [“Sometimes a journey is not about the traveler. It is not about a destination. It is about the bringing together of worlds. It is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-lloyd-qualls/sometimes-a-journey-is-not-about-the-traveler-it-is-not-about-a/)

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> [“His mission is not to wait until the world ends, but to find a way to the other side before it does. To prop…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-lloyd-qualls/his-mission-is-not-to-wait-until-the-world-ends-but-to-find-a-way-to/)

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> [“You dream of a new world to come, a new world to be birthed, a new dream to be dreamt. In the dream, a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-lloyd-qualls/you-dream-of-a-new-world-to-come-a-new-world-to-be-birthed-a-new/)

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> [“But I don’t think fighting monsters is all that courageous. I think the ultimate act of courage is standing still in the face of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-lloyd-qualls/but-i-don-t-think-fighting-monsters-is-all-that-courageous-i-think/)

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> [“Life is random. Life is complicated. Life is often unforgiving. And we must each live it anyway. And I don’t mean live it as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-lloyd-qualls/life-is-random-life-is-complicated-life-is-often-unforgiving-and-we/)

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> [“There is weakness in resistance, strength in letting go.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-lloyd-qualls/there-is-weakness-in-resistance-strength-in-letting-go/)

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> [“The planet you inhabit is a single plane of infinite dimensions, stretched like a guitar string, and standing before you like a concubine waiting…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-lloyd-qualls/the-planet-you-inhabit-is-a-single-plane-of-infinite-dimensions/)

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> [“Beauty loves contradiction. Beauty is born of desire. And without beauty, there is nothing. Beauty is our keeper, our master, our reason. Beauty is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-lloyd-qualls/beauty-loves-contradiction-beauty-is-born-of-desire-and-without/)

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