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“Future indifferences is no consolation for present pain.”
“Every moment is a moment of decision, and every moment turns us inexorably in the direction of the rest of our lives.”
“Nothing is permanently perfect. But there are perfect moments and the will to choose what will bring about more perfect moments.”
“But that is what life is all about, he said. "It is about dreaming and making those dreams come true with effort and determination - and love.”
“Did she ever feel nostalgia for any of her girlhood dreams? But life was made up of a succession of dreams, some few to be realized, most to be set aside as time went on, one or two to persist for ...”
“And so silence and ...darkness hold happiness and joy?" he said softly."Assuredly," she said, "provided one listens to the silence and gazes deeply into the darkness. Everything is there. Everything.”
“Love does not last forever, then?""He asked me the same thing this morning," she said. "No, it does not - not love that has been betrayed. One realizes that one has loved a mirage, someone who neve...”
“After a few awkward moments, Lizzy joined them and they skipped along the avenue, the three of them, laughing and whooping and altogether making an undignified spectacle of themselves.”