Life is not like water. Things in life don’t necessarily flow over the shortest possible route.
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Life is not like water. Things in life don’t necessarily flow over the shortest possible route.
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If you only read the books that everyone else is reading, you can only think what everyone else is thinking.
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Sometimes fate is like a small sandstorm that keeps changing directions.
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And once the storm is over, you won’t remember how you made it through, how you managed to survive. You won’t even be sure, whether the storm is really over. But one thing is certain. When you come out of the storm, you won’t be the same person who walked in.
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There’s no such thing as perfect writing, just like there’s no such thing as perfect despair.
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Whenever I look at the ocean, I always want to talk to people, but when I’m talking to people, I always want to look at the ocean.
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I don’t want to express my opinion about actual politics, because if I do, I have to be responsible for my decision.
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Nobody likes being alone that much. I don’t go out of my way to make friends, that’s all. It just leads to disappointment.
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I dream. Sometimes I think that’s the only right thing to do.
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I think you still love me, but we can’t escape the fact that I’m not enough for you.
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The most important thing we learn at school is the fact that the most important things can’t be learned at school.
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You can hide memories, but you can’t erase the history that produced them.
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No matter how far you travel, you can never get away from yourself.
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Lost opportunities, lost possibilities, feelings we can never get back.
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Unfortunately, the clock is ticking, the hours are going by. The past increases, the future recedes. Possibilities decreasing, regrets mounting.
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Everything passes. Nobody gets anything for keeps. And that’s how we’ve got to live.
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