"How do you convince someone to change, to……" — Charles Yu
"How do you convince someone to change, to stop being afraid of himself? How do you convince yourself not to be so scared all the time?"
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35 Quotes by Charles Yu
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You want to tell a story? Grow a heart. Grow two. Now, with the second heart, smash the first one…
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This is what you have to ask yourself: Do you want to be good, or just seem good? Do you…
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Within a science fictional space, memory and regret are, when taken together, the set of necessary and sufficient elements required…
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I was headed for an entire life spent alone, pitying myself for not being more, ignoring all those people who…
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Worry was my mother's mechanic, her mechanism for engaging with the machinery of living. Worry was an anchor for her,…
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I don't know how, or whether it is even possible to predict what the world will look like the next…
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It's like all technology: either not powerful enough or too powerful. It will never do exactly what you want it…
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Sometimes when I'm brushing my teeth, I'll look at the mirror and I swear my reflection seems kind of disappointed.…
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For the past several years, I have gone to sleep every night in this same little pocket, the most uneventful…
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Most people I know live their lives moving in a constant forward direction, the whole time looking backward.
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I don't miss him anymore. Most of the time, anyway. I want to. I wish I could but unfortunately, it's…
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I had forgotten: this is what it feels like to live in time. The lurching forward, the sensation of falling…
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More Afraid Quotes
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People are so damned afraid that one day they might wake up and discover that they've grown old.
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I like being a strong, independent woman, and to be honest, I was never afraid to be on my own.
— Dido Armstrong
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I am afraid that the pleasantness of an employment does not always evince its propriety.
— Jane Austen
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I am more afraid of those who are terrified of the devil than I am of the devil himself.
— Teresa of Avila
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I just let the work speak for itself. An actor is not afraid to take risks; to put on different…
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Well, knowledge is a fine thing, and mother Eve thought so; but she smarted so severely for hers, that most…
— Abigail Adams
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I grew up as a Mormon, and that had more of an impact on my values than my beliefs. I'm…
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Luck? I don't know anything about luck. I've never banked on it and I'm afraid of people who do. Luck…
— Lucille Ball
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Women's Lib? Oh, I'm afraid it doesn't interest me one bit. I've been so liberated it hurts.
— Lucille Ball
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I am not finding pregnancy much of a joy. I am afraid of childbirth, but I am afraid I can't…
— Brigitte Bardot
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As a child, I was more afraid of tetanus shots than, for example, Dracula.
— Dave Barry
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I wasn't afraid to be laughed at or be loud.
— Lynda Barry
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