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“Above all, don't lie to yourself. The man who lies to himself and listens to his own lie comes to a point that he cannot distinguish the truth within him, or around him, and so loses all respect for himself and for others. And having no respect he ceases to love.”
― Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Brothers Karamazov

“To go wrong in one's own way is better than to go right in someone else's.”
― Fyodor Dostoevsky, Crime and Punishment

“What is hell? I maintain that it is the suffering of being unable to love.”
― Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Brothers Karamazov

“The soul is healed by being with children.”
― Fyodor Dostoevsky

“It takes something more than intelligence to act intelligently.”
― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Crime and Punishment

“I am a dreamer. I know so little of real life that I just can't help re-living such moments as these in my dreams, for such moments are something I have very rarely experienced. I am going to dream about you the whole night, the whole week, the whole year. I feel I know you so well that I couldn't have known you better if we'd been friends for twenty years. You won't fail me, will you? Only two minutes, and you've made me happy forever. Yes, happy. Who knows, perhaps you've reconciled me with myself, resolved all my doubts.

When I woke up it seemed to me that some snatch of a tune I had known for a long time, I had heard somewhere before but had forgotten, a melody of great sweetness, was coming back to me now. It seemed to me that it had been trying to emerge from my soul all my life, and only now-

If and when you fall in love, may you be happy with her. I don't need to wish her anything, for she'll be happy with you. May your sky always be clear, may your dear smile always be bright and happy, and may you be for ever blessed for that moment of bliss and happiness which you gave to another lonely and grateful heart. Isn't such a moment sufficient for the whole of one's life?”
― Fyodor Dostoevsky, White Nights

“Thomas Edison's last words were "It's very beautiful over there". I don't know where there is, but I believe it's somewhere, and I hope it's beautiful.”
― John Green, Looking for Alaska

“They love their hair because they're not smart enough to love something more interesting.”
― John Green, Looking for Alaska

“What you must understand about me is that I’m a deeply unhappy person.”
― John Green, Looking for Alaska

“At some point, you just pull off the Band-Aid, and it hurts, but then it's over and you're relieved.”
― John Green, Looking for Alaska

“I just did some calculations and I've been able to determine that you're full of shit.”
― John Green, Looking for Alaska

“You do not just wake up and become the butterfly"
-Growth is a process.”
― Rupi Kaur, The Sun and Her Flowers

“despite knowing
they won’t be here for long
they still choose to live
their brightest lives

- sunflowers”
― Rupi Kaur, The Sun and Her Flowers

“you left
and i wanted you still
yet i deserved someone
who was willing to stay”
― Rupi Kaur, The Sun and Her Flowers

“If I'm not the love of your life
I'll be the greatest loss instead”
― Rupi Kaur, The Sun and Her Flowers

“you're everywhere
except right here
and it hurts”
― Rupi Kaur, The Sun and Her Flowers

“what is the greatest lesson a woman should learn

that since day one
she's already had everything she needs within herself
it's the world that convinced her she did not”
― Rupi Kaur, The Sun and Her Flowers

“never feel guilty for starting again”
― Rupi Kaur, The Sun and Her Flowers

“I will no longer
compare my path to others

-I refuse to do a disservice to my life”
― Rupi Kaur, The Sun and Her Flowers

“trust your body it reacts to right and wrong better than your mind does”
― Rupi Kaur, The Sun and Her Flowers

“I didn't leave because
I stopped loving you,
I left because the longer
I stayed the less I loved myself.”
― Rupi Kaur

“do not look for healing
at the feet of those
who broke you”
― Rupi Kaur, Milk and honey

“how you love yourself is
how you teach others
to love you”
― Rupi Kaur, Milk and honey

“people go but how they left always stays”
― Rupi Kaur, Milk and honey

“i do not want to have you
to fill the empty parts of me
i want to be full on my own

i want to feel so complete
i could light a whole city
and then
i want to have you
cause the two of
us combined
could set
it on fire”
― Rupi Kaur

“you might not have been my first love
but you were the love that made
all other loves seem
irrelevant”
― Rupi Kaur

“Να είχα, λέει, μιαν αγάπη σαν αλάνα... Να κυλιόμουνα μέσα της, να ‘κανα τούμπες, να ‘πλωνα την αρίδα μου να λιαζόμουνα... Να ‘ρχόντανε τα όνειρά μου σαν τις κάργιες να φτεροκοπούν πάνω από το κεφάλι μου. Βαρέθηκα να χώνω τη ρημάδα την ψυχή μου στα ντουλάπια και να της κρεμώ αρωματικά σακουλάκια να μην τη φάει ο σκόρος. Βαρέθηκα να περπατώ με την πλάτη κολλημένη στα ντουβάρια, γιατί νιώθω γύρω μου το θόρυβο από τα μαχαίρια που ακονίζονται. Είναι πολύ, ρε σεις, αυτό που ονειρεύτηκα; Μιαν αγάπη λέω, σαν αλάνα. Ν’ απλώσω την αρίδα μου να λιαστώ.”
― Alkyoni Papadaki

“Kαι σμίγουν και χωρίζουν οι άνθρωποι
και δεν παίρνει τίποτα ο ένας απ’ τον άλλον.
Γιατί ο έρωτας είναι ο πιο δύσκολος δρόμος να γνωριστούν.”
― Τάσος Λειβαδίτης, Απάνθισμα

“Είναι τα βλέφαρά μου διάφανες αυλαίες. Όταν τ'ανοίγω βλέπω εμπρός μου ό,τι κι αν τύχει. Όταν τα κλείνω βλέπω εμπρός μου ό,τι ποθώ.”
― Ανδρέας Εμπειρίκος, Ενδοχώρα

“Είναι κάτι νύχτες, που τ' αστέρια κατεβαίνουνε χαμηλά.
Που λιώνει το φεγγάρι και νοτίζει την ψυχή σου.
Είναι κάτι νύχτες, που όλα σιγοτραγουδούν. Ακόμα κι οι πέτρες. Και τα ξερά κλαδιά.
Αυτές τις νύχτες προτιμά να σε θυμάται η μοναξιά σου.
Κι έρχεται ακάλεστη. Χωρίς να χτυπήσει ούτε καν την πόρτα, να ρωτήσει αν δέχεσαι επισκέψεις. Χωρίς να κρατά η αφιλότιμη, ούτ' ένα λουλουδάκι. Ούτ' ένα γλυκό, μπας και σε ξεγελάσει.
Θρονιάζεται στην ψυχή σου κι ανάβει προκλητικά το τσιγαράκι της.
«Αυτάααα! Πού είχαμε μείνει;»
Σου λέει μ' όλο το θράσος της και σε κοιτά κατάματα.”
― Alkyoni Papadaki