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“А време минава, не ся ибава и пет пари за теб не дава.”
― Милен Русков, Възвишение

“To the man who only has a hammer, everything he encounters begins to look like a nail.”
― Abraham Maslow

“Hustlers of the world, there is one mark you cannot beat: the mark inside.”
― William S. Burroughs

“Real isn't how you are made,' said the Skin Horse. 'It's a thing that happens to you. When a child loves you for a long, long time, not just to play with, but REALLY loves you, then you become Real.'

'Does it hurt?' asked the Rabbit.

'Sometimes,' said the Skin Horse, for he was always truthful. 'When you are Real you don't mind being hurt.'

'Does it happen all at once, like being wound up,' he asked, 'or bit by bit?'

'It doesn't happen all at once,' said the Skin Horse. 'You become. It takes a long time. That's why it doesn't happen often to people who break easily, or have sharp edges, or who have to be carefully kept. Generally, by the time you are Real, most of your hair has been loved off, and your eyes drop out and you get loose in the joints and very shabby. But these things don't matter at all, because once you are Real you can't be ugly, except to people who don't understand.”
― Margery Williams Bianco, The Velveteen Rabbit

“Memories warm you up from the inside. But they also tear you apart.”
― Haruki Murakami, Kafka on the Shore

“I walk around the school hallways and look at the people. I look at the teachers and wonder why they're here. If they like their jobs. Or us. And I wonder how smart they were when they were fifteen. Not in a mean way. In a curious way. It's like looking at all the students and wondering who's had their heart broken that day, and how they are able to cope with having three quizzes and a book report due on top of that. Or wondering who did the heart breaking. And wondering why.”
― Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower

“Полет на духа, дет’ викаше бача ти Берона… Какъв полет бе, бай Бероне! Полет на духа грам не е останал в тях. То дух няма, че камо ли полет! Заровили са ся кат’ картофи в таз земя, пръст ядат, и умът им все в наденицата. Не щат душа, искат салам. Кат’ картофи заровени. Сякаш че не е человек, а картоф. Кат’ купиш един чувал картофи, кой знай какво ще намериш вътре. И кога пораснат на картофите крила, тогаз и те ще полетят, връз тях!”
― Милен Русков, Възвишение

“I tell you these stories because these things happen to everyone. It's not about being starched or polished or cute or polite. It's about having ears that stick out, about breaking yet another glass. It's about seeing something for the first time and making a million mistakes and not ever getting completely discouraged.”
― Maira Kalman

“Moment mal", sagte Herr Lehmann. "Was soll das heißen, Lebensinhalt? Lebensinhalt ist doch ein total schwachsinniger Begriff. Was willst du damit sagen, Lebensinhalt? Was ist der Inhalt eines Lebens? Ist das Leben ein Glas oder eine Flasche oder ein Eimer, irgendein Behälter, in den man was hineinfüllt, etwas hineinfüllen muss sogar, denn irgendwie scheint sich ja die ganze Welt einig zu sein, dass man so etwas wie einen Lebensinhalt unbedingt braucht. Ist das Leben so? Nur ein Behältnis für was anderes? Ein Fass vielleicht? Oder eine Kotztüte?”
― Sven Regener, Herr Lehmann

“When people tell you who they are, Maya Angelou famously advised, believe them. Just as importantly, however, when people try to tell you who you are, don’t believe them. You are the only custodian of your own integrity, and the assumptions made by those that misunderstand who you are and what you stand for reveal a great deal about them and absolutely nothing about you.”
― Maria Popova

“Smile, breathe and go slowly.”
― Thich Nhat Hanh