Peter Tieryas Quotes

#1. There's no ideology, only people. And

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#2. Since we're all snails riding on the razor's edge, we might as well say it as it is.

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#3. Everything in life is us trying to reproduce that first moment. That frenzy of unsustainable energy exploding into a billion directions.

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#4. Turn your cheek' only works with physical slaps, only works pre-Second coming. Against guns, bombs, and the most inhumane practices ever conceived, we must protect ourselves. We must become the agents of God's vengeance.

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#5. That a universe exists within every human being. That to the blood cells and organs in your body, you are god. That this universe is only one individual among infinite others.

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#6. Nations warred over anthills and pride.

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#7. Walking on water is easy if you know where to step.

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#8. We'd rage a war, sun versus the stars of the earth and duke it out. Not for dominance, but the darkness of anonymity, the billions who sacrificed themselves so that other suns could burn more brightly.

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#9. Flaws weren't pariah; foibles were badges of character. Not something to be brushed away in Photoshop.

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#10. Doubt is the only reliable source of creativity.

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#11. I sometimes wonder about all of that. Gods, their commands, all the things people do in their names. Is any of it what they really want?

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#12. Life is all about lies. It's about what you can stomach.

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#13. Regret is like a mental parasite that alters your behavior.

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#14. Why assume there is only one type of light that can reveal all the digital layers of reality?

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#15. Honor is the only thing that separates us from animals.

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#16. We'll all burn in hell for this," she said. "If there is a hell." "I didn't know my father caused this." "It's more complicated than that." "Is it? We're all guilty of someone else's sins until they become our own. Then

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#17. Ignorance is worse than authorization.

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#18. I was adrift, tugged and pulled by the gravity of solitude, a festering hunger driving me like a relentless martinet

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#19. If a person could discard 99% of their life and experience only the best 1%, would they think life a grand and beautiful thing?

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#20. Why would a god sacrifice her life if she was God? Just show real power and send an army of angels and there'd be no debate.

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#21. Times will change. Peace changes even the worst of killers," Ruth said.
"Into what?" Ezekiel asked.

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#22. It's silence that I want to hear. That single instance where a person is bare and pure and doesn't know how to feel. the silence that follows. That's all.

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#23. You want a happy family?"
"I'd love a miserable one where everyone hated each other."
"Why?"
"So we could find redemption in each other's arms.

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#24. Jesus and Yillah showed they were superior to the world by dying for it."
"Doesn't sound so superior," Ben commented.

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#25. I think most people are afraid to love because they want the freedom to suffer alone.

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#26. There's no ideology, only people.

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#27. But I got real tired of people using religion to suit their agendas. God became a mental genie that could be called upon to justify anything.

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#28. Words should have gravity. If you can't get arrested for a word, it probably isn't worth using.

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#29. Why don't people fight for change?" "Because the ones who do get hunted down.

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#30. So perhaps these Americans can never be tamed. I've

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