But I didn’t understand then. That I could hurt somebody so badly she would never recover. That a person can, just by living, damage another human being beyond repair.
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But I didn’t understand then. That I could hurt somebody so badly she would never recover. That a person can, just by living, damage another human being beyond repair.
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As time goes on, you’ll understand. What lasts, lasts; what doesn’t, doesn’t. Time solves most things. And what time can’t solve, you have to solve yourself.
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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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Memories warm you up from the inside. But they also tear you apart.
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Rain has the power to hypnotize.
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Whatever it is you’re seeking won’t come in the form you’re expecting.
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A fortunate author can write maybe twelve novels in his lifetime.
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Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.
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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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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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Silence, I discover, is something you can actually hear.
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Remove everything pointless from an imperfect life and it’d lose even its imperfection.
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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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I dream. Sometimes I think that’s the only right thing to do.
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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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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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