„Just because we mess up doesn't mean all the lessons we learned are undone. Healing can be imperfect.“
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„We don't mean to mess things up,
But mess them up we do.“
— Paul Simon American musician, songwriter and producer 1941
Everything About It Is a Love Song
Song lyrics, Surprise (2006)
Context: We don't mean to mess things up,
But mess them up we do.
And then it's "Oh, I'm sorry."
Here's a smiling photograph
Of love when it was new.
At a birthday party.
Make a wish and close your eyes:
Surprise, surprise, surprise.
„Just because we're adults doesn't automatically mean we can save you…“
— Lois McMaster Bujold, Vorkosigan Saga
Vorkosigan Saga, Falling Free (1988)
„Just because we don't understand doesn't mean that the explanation doesn't exist.“
— Madeleine L'Engle, book A Wrinkle in Time
A Wrinkle in Time (1962)
— Frank Herbert, book Dune
Princess Irulan in The Humanity of Muad'Dib
Dune (1965)
Context: Muad'Dib learned rapidly because his first training was in how to learn. And the first lesson of all was the basic trust that he could learn. It's shocking to find how many people do not believe they can learn, and how many more believe learning to be difficult. Muad'Dib knew that every experience carries its lesson.
— Jodi Picoult, book The Pact
Variant: The mind is a remarcable thing. Just because you can’t see the wound doesn’t mean it isn’t hurting
Source: The Pact
— John Robbins, book Diet for a New America
Diet for a New America, 1991 documentary film ( visible https://archive.org/details/DietForANewAmerica at Internet Archive)
„Just because life's meaningless doesn't mean we can't experience it meaningfully.“
— Glen Duncan British writer 1965
Source: The Last Werewolf
„Just because life is inelegant doesn't mean we have to behave likewise.“
— Françoise Sagan French writer 1935 - 2004
Scars on the Soul (1972)
— Susan Howatch, book The Wheel of Fortune
The Wheel of Fortune (1984), Part 4: Kester
„Just because you can, doesn't mean you should.“
— Sherrilyn Kenyon Novelist 1965
Variant: Just because you can doesn't mean you should.
— Richard Bach American spiritual writer 1936
Source: Running from Safety: An Adventure of the Spirit
„Just as we suffer from excess in all things, so we suffer from excess in literature; thus we learn our lessons, not for life, but for the lecture room.“
Quemadmodum omnium rerum, sic litterarum quoque intemperantia laboramus: non vitae sed scholae discimus.
— Seneca the Younger Roman Stoic philosopher, statesman, and dramatist -4 - 65 BC
Alternate translation: Not for life, but for school do we learn. (translator unknown)
Alternate translation: We are taught for the schoolroom, not for life. (translator unknown).
Source: Epistulae Morales ad Lucilium (Moral Letters to Lucilius), Letter CVI: On the corporeality of virtue, Line 12
„Just because you can explain it doesn't mean it's not still a miracle.“
— Terry Pratchett, book Small Gods
Small Gods
Variant: Just because you're an angel doesn't mean you have to be a fool.
„We are all imperfect. We can not expect perfect government.“
— William Howard Taft American politician, 27th President of the United States (in office from 1909 to 1913) 1857 - 1930
Address at a banquet given by the Board of Trade and Chamber of Commerce of Washington, D.C., May 8, 1909.; found in Presidential Addresses and State Papers of William Howard Taft, vol. 1, chapter 7, p. 82 (1910).