I was mortified by the prospect of becoming hopelessly trapped in someone else's story.

—Lionel Shriver in We Need to Talk About Kevin

hope becoming mortified

About Lionel Shriver

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Lionel Shriver (born Margaret Ann Shriver; May 18, 1957) is an American author, journalist, and cultural commentator. Her novel We Need to Talk About Kevin won the Orange Prize for Fiction in 2005.

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A lot of people get so hung up on what they can't have that they don't think for a second about whether they really want it.

—Lionel Shriver in Checker and the Derailleurs

desire wanting having

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You remember your first love because they show you, prove to you, that you can love and be loved, that nothing in this world is deserved except for love, that love is both how you become a person, and why.

—John Green in Turtles All the Way Down

love memory becoming

…you are meant to grow into a true human being. Right now you are to a human being what an acorn is to an oak tree. A good start, that's all. You've got a long way to go, baby, and you're not going to grow into your full potential sitting in front of the laptop, bag of Cool Ranch Doritos in one hand, dick in the other, anime porn boring a hole in your corneas and consciousness. Just a thought.

—Shozan Jack Haubner in Zen Confidential: Confessions of a Wayward Monk

becoming growth transformation

For all things come from earth, and all things end by becoming earth.

becoming ephemerality earth

Failure is when you talk yourself out of becoming something amazing.

—Rudy Francisco

wonder amazing becoming failure

Begin to be now what you will be hereafter.

—William James

now future becoming

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