It had to happen to you, to concentrate your whole life on one point, and then discover that you can do anything except live at that point.
CESARE PAVESEBut here’s the worst part: the trick to life lies in hiding from those we hold most dear how much they mean to is; if not, we’d lose them.
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What world lies beyond that stormy sea I do not know, but every ocean has a distant shore, and I shall reach it.
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If you wish to travel far and fast, travel light. Take off all your envies, jealousies, unforgiveness, selfishness and fears.
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The only joy in the world is to begin.
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Waiting is still an occupation. It is having nothing to wait for that is terrible.
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But here’s the worst part: the trick to life lies in hiding from those we hold most dear how much they mean to is; if not, we’d lose them.
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One must look for one thing only, to find many.
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The whole problem of life, then, is this: how to break out of one’s own loneliness, how to communicate with others.
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The real affliction of old age is remorse.
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Love is desire for knowledge.
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There is no finer revenge than that which others inflict on your enemy. Moreover, it has the advantage of leaving you the role of a generous man.
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A consoling thought: what matters is not what we do, but the spirit in which we do it. Others suffer too; so much so that there is nothing in the world but suffering; the problem is simply to keep a clear conscience.
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Perfect behavior is born of complete indifference. Perhaps this is why we always love madly someone who treats us with indifference.
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The world, the future, is now within you as your past, as experience, skill in technique, and the rich, everlasting mystery is found to be childish you that, at the time, you made no effort to possess.
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Love has the faculty of making two lovers seem naked, not in each other’s sight, but in their own.
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Not believing in anything is also a religion .
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