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If you want to talk about something new, you have to make up a new kind of language.
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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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Listen up – there’s no war that will end all wars.
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When I am writing, I do not distinguish between the natural and supernatural. Everything seems real.
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I want you always to remember me. Will you remember that I existed, and that I stood next to you here like this?
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I have this strange feeling that I’m not myself anymore. It’s hard to put into words, but I guess it’s like I was fast asleep, and someone came, disassembled me, and hurriedly put me back together again. That sort of feeling.
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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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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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Remove everything pointless from an imperfect life and it’d lose even its imperfection.
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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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What happens when people open their hearts? They get better.
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Concentration is one of the happiest things in my life.
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Silence, I discover, is something you can actually hear.
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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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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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No matter how much suffering you went through, you never wanted to let go of those memories.
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