My priority is my books, at least at this point. What I have to do is write the narrative of this time.
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My priority is my books, at least at this point. What I have to do is write the narrative of this time.
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Everything passes. Nobody gets anything for keeps. And that’s how we’ve got to live.
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If you remember me, then I don’t care if everyone else forgets.
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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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Among the many values in life, I appreciate freedom most.
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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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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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I had no ambition to be a writer because the books I read were too good, my standards were too high.
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I sometimes think that people’s hearts are like deep wells. Nobody knows what’s at the bottom. All you can do is imagine by what comes floating to the surface every once in a while.
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As we go through life, we gradually discover who we are, but the more we discover, the more we lose ourselves.
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I don’t know how many good books I still have in me; I hope there are another four or five.
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Rain has the power to hypnotize.
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Young people these days don’t trust anything at all. They want to be free.
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Spend your money on the things money can buy. Spend your time on the things money can’t buy.
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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 dream. Sometimes I think that’s the only right thing to do.
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