Some Amethyst Truisms

Adolescence is that period in life when one takes the universe too personally. —MCM

Age is only numbers. —Miriam Lloyd

An open mind is advisable, because change is mandatory. —Anonymous

Be yourself. No one can ever tell you you're doing it wrong. —James Leo Herlihy

Blame is what most people do when they could be solving a problem. —MCM

Even our misfortunes are a part of our belongings. —Saint-Exupery

Happiness is not getting what you want, it's wanting what you get. —Anonymous

If the information that you're going to die would cause you to alter your behavior, you'd best alter your behavior: you are going to die. —MCM

If the world is ever saved, it'll have to be by somebody young enough not to know it can't be done. —Donald Hamilton

Irrational behavior is always a matter of perspective. —Rob Murray

Life isn't fair. Why waste time complaining about it? —MCM

Make no judgments where you have no compassion. —Anne McCaffrey

No matter what you meant to communicate, the response you get indicates what you did communicate. —MCM

No one should ever believe in anything they don't believe in. —Corey Miller

Nothing that is useful should be discarded merely because it is also foolish. —MCM

One gets to know men quickest by the things they take for granted. —Mary Stewart

One must be responsible for what one does, even in the throes of joy. —MCM

People are always going to think. You can't stop them. —MCM

People become what you think them. —Richard Cowper

People get too intent on movement: they mistake it for positive action. —MCM

People see whatever they think they see. —MCM

People will love you more if you make them glad they know you than if you complain that they don't love you enough. —MCM

Quantity does not prohibit quality, it merely provokes suspicion. —MCM

The happy place is where you take the happy to. —Ardis Evans

The only way to prove someone trustworthy is to trust him. —Diane Duane

There are always at least three options. —Lynx Crowe

There is no one from whom one cannot learn something of value. —MCM

Well hell, you can't kill everybody. —Donald Hamilton

What happens to you may be a god's choice. What you do about it is your choice. —MCM

Whenever you can't think what to do, just do whatever comes next and carry on from there. —Madeleine Brent

Whenever you learn something, it seems at first as though you've lost something. —George Bernard Shaw

Wherever you go, there you are. —Carl Franz

You don't have to bleed to prove you've been hurt. —MCM

Youth is not an excuse for ignorance; it is merely a predisposing factor. —MCM

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