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“Most everything you think you know about me is nothing more than memories.”
“You know what I think?" she says. "That people's memories are maybe the fuel they burn to stay alive. Whether those memories have any actual importance or not, it doesn't matter as far as the maint...”
“When you come out of the storm, you wont be the same person who walked in. Thats what this storms all about.”
“Life is not like water. Things in life don't necessarily flow over the shortest possible route.”
“Even chance meetings are the result of karma Things in life are fated by our previous lives. That even in the smallest events theres no such thing as coincidence.”
“The sense of tragedy - according to Aristotle - comes, ironically enough, not from the protagonist's weak points but from his good qualities. Do you know what I'm getting at? People are drawn deepe...”
“Thats how stories happen with a turning point, an unexpected twist. Theres only one kind of happiness, but misfortune comes in all shapes and sizes. Its like Tolstoy said. Happiness is an allegory...”
“As we go through life we gradually discover who we are, but the more we discover, the more we lose ourselves.”
“Some things in life are too complicated to explain in any language.”
“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. It's too easy not to make the effo...”
“Holding this soft, small living creature in my lap this way, though, and seeing how it slept with complete trust in me, I felt a warm rush in my chest. I put my hand on the cat's chest and felt his...”
“Life doesn't require ideals. It requires standards of action.”
“People soon get tired of things that aren't boring, but not of what is boring.”
“Life is long, and sometimes cruel. Sometimes victims are needed. Someone has to take on that role. And human bodies are fragile, easily damaged. Cut them, and they bleed.”
“It seemed to me that this world has a serious shortage of both logic and kindness.”
“A healthy amount of fear and respect might be a good idea”
“I dont know what it means to live.”
“Everything has boundaries. The same holds true with thought. You shouldn't fear boundaries, but you should not be afraid of destroying them. That's what is most important if you want to be free: re...”
“Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.”
“And once the storm is over, you wont remember how you made it through, how you managed to survive. You wont even be sure, whether the storm is really over. But one thing is certain. When you come o...”
