Matthew D. Miller quotes

“If you always attach positive emotions to the things you want, and never attach negative emotions to the things you don't, then that which you desire most will invariably come your way.”
-- Matthew D. Miller

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“We were not the victims of ancestor worship. We had the benefits of a fresh start.”
-- Matthew D. Miller

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“Traveling is one expression of the desire to cross boundaries.”

“I believe it was the great ogre philosopher Gary who observed that complexity is, generally speaking, an illusion of conscious desire. All things exist in as simple a form as necessity dictates. When a thing is labeled 'complex,' that's just a roundabout way of saying you're not observant enough to understand it.”

Source : A. Lee Martinez (2007). “In the Company of Ogres”, p.133, Macmillan

“Do you know what it is to be a man violently in love? To live for a woman's smiles and laughter, to hunger for her touch until life itself seems impossible without it, to desire her as you desire to breathe?”

“There is, first, the desire for strength, for achievement, for adequacy, for confidence in the face of the world, and for independence and freedom. Secondly, we have what we may call the desire for reputation or prestige”

“Each thing tends to move towards its own nature. I always desire happiness which is my true nature. My nature is never a burden to me. Happiness is never a burden to me, whilst sorrow is.”

“Its all gone pretty fast. I dont want to move on, but I know I have to.”

“The really clever people now want to be lawyers or journalists.”

“If you want to go to the mall, you have to take security. But it's always cool. The kids are amazing.”

“I don't see much sense in that," said Rabbit. "No," said Pooh humbly, "there isn't. But there was going to be when I began it. It's just that something happened to it along the way.”

“You just can't let anything or anyone get in the way of who you are.”