I think history is collective memories. In writing, I’m using my own memory, and I’m using my collective memory.
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I think history is collective memories. In writing, I’m using my own memory, and I’m using my collective memory.
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Young people these days don’t trust anything at all. They want to be free.
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Unfortunately, the clock is ticking, the hours are going by. The past increases, the future recedes. Possibilities decreasing, regrets mounting.
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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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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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If you only read the books that everyone else is reading, you can only think what everyone else is thinking.
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A fortunate author can write maybe twelve novels in his lifetime.
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Concentration is one of the happiest things in my life.
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Lost opportunities, lost possibilities, feelings we can never get back.
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Listen up – there’s no war that will end all wars.
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Memories warm you up from the inside. But they also tear you apart.
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Don’t feel sorry for yourself. Only assholes do that.
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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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I think you still love me, but we can’t escape the fact that I’m not enough for you.
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If you remember me, then I don’t care if everyone else forgets.
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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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