Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.
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Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.
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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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No matter how much suffering you went through, you never wanted to let go of those memories.
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Lost opportunities, lost possibilities, feelings we can never get back.
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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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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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Silence, I discover, is something you can actually hear.
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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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Everything passes. Nobody gets anything for keeps. And that’s how we’ve got to live.
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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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You can hide memories, but you can’t erase the history that produced them.
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I dream. Sometimes I think that’s the only right thing to do.
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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 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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Concentration is one of the happiest things in my life.
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Young people these days don’t trust anything at all. They want to be free.
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