“ People aren't born good or bad. Maybe they're born with tendencies either way, but its the way you live your life that matters. ”
Source: City of Glass
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It is not the length but the strength of one's life that matters. 
Too many people spend money they haven't earned, to buy things they don't want, to impress people that they don't like. 
People pay for what they do, and still more for what they have allowed themselves to become. And they pay for it very simply; by the lives they lead. 
If people refuse to look at you in a new light and they can only see you for what you were, only see you for the mistakes you've made, if they don't realize that you are not your mistakes, then they have to go. 
Sometimes people don't want to hear the truth because they don't want their illusions destroyed. 