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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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 was always hungry for love. Just once, I wanted to know what it was like to get my fill of it – to be fed so much love I couldn’t take any more. Just once.
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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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Memories warm you up from the inside. But they also tear you apart.
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People die all the time. Life is a lot more fragile than we think. So you should treat others in a way that leaves no regrets. Fairly, and if possible, sincerely.
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Listen up – there’s no war that will end all wars.
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Lost opportunities, lost possibilities, feelings we can never get back.
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Taking crazy things seriously is a serious waste of 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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Young people these days don’t trust anything at all. They want to be free.
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I don’t think of myself as an artist. I’m just a guy who can write.
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A fortunate author can write maybe twelve novels in his lifetime.
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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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No matter how far you travel, you can never get away from yourself.
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Anyone who falls in love is searching for the missing pieces of themselves. So anyone who’s in love gets sad when they think of their lover. It’s like stepping back inside a room you have fond memories of, one you haven’t seen in a long time.
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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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