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“C'est que je n'ai jamais grand chose à dire. Alors je me tais.”
― Albert Camus, The Stranger

“On est jamais tout à fait malheureux.”
― Albert Camus, The Stranger

“At times, he even admitted that he'd been more an observer of the world than a participant in it...”
― Nicholas Sparks, The Last Song

“On ne peut pas chanter comme ça, uniquement pour faire plaisir à l'autre, aussi cher soit-il, non, le chant doit venir du cœur, voilà ce que je dis toujours, couler de source, comme des merles.”
― Samuel Beckett, Happy Days

“A woman without a man is like a fish without a bicycle.”
― Irina Dunn

“Just because something doesn't last forever, it doesn't mean it wasn't meaningful while it did last. It doesn't mean it wasn't important.”
― Candace Bushnell, Summer and the City

“I always worried someone would notice me, and then when no one did, I felt lonely.”
― Curtis Sittenfeld, Prep

“La vie n'est pas une boîte de chocolats où je peux choisir celui que je préfère ; ou alors, quelqu'un l'a remplacé pendant que j'avais le dos tourné.”
― Cathy Cassidy, Coco Caramel

“I kept always two books in my pocket, one to read, one to write in.”
― Robert Louis Stevenson, Essays of Robert Louis Stevenson

“I have failed at many things, but I have never been afraid.”
― Nadine Gordimer

“I have tried my best to keep my country alive by writing about it.”
― Nuruddin Farah

“Be regular and orderly in your life, so that you may be violent and original in your work.”
― Gustav Flaubert

“You have everything needed for the extravagant journey that is your life.”
― Carlos Castaneda

“Jamais elle n’avait eu tant d’estime pour elle-même ni tant de mépris pour les autres. Quelque chose de belliqueux la transportait. Elle aurait voulu battre les hommes, leur cracher au visage, les broyer tous.”
― Gustave Flaubert

“The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you'll go.”
― Dr. Seuss, I Can Read with My Eyes Shut!

“Spring is the time of plans and projects.”
― Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina

“I've found that there is always some beauty left -- in nature, sunshine, freedom, in yourself; these can all help you.”
― Anne Frank, The Diary of a Young Girl

“I bet you could sometimes find all the mysteries of the universe in someone's hand.”
― Benjamin Alire Sáenz, Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe

“Another secret of the universe: Sometimes pain was like a storm that came out of nowhere. The clearest summer could end in a downpour. Could end in lightning and thunder.”
― Benjamin Alire Sáenz, Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe

“I got to thinking that poems were like people. Some people you got right off the bat. Some people you just didn't get--and never would get.”
― Benjamin Alire Sáenz, Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe

“I wondered what that was like, to hold someone’s hand. I bet you could sometimes find all of the mysteries of the universe in someone’s hand.”
― Benjamin Alire Sáenz, Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe

“Mon problème c'est que j'aime aimer. Que je tombe amoureuse de l'idée de l'amour plutôt que du garçon.”
― Samantha Bailly

“Choose life. Choose love. And always remember to live.”
― Holly Bourne, The Manifesto on How to Be Interesting

“Love, as always, is what it comes down to. You have to love. It's the only way. Love for life. Love for others. And, most importantly, love for yourself.”
― Holly Bourne, The Manifesto on How to Be Interesting

“Being interesting isn't important. But being happy is. As well as being a person you're proud of”
― Holly Bourne, The Manifesto on How to Be Interesting

“This is my problem. I want other people to tell me how they feel. But I'm not so sure I want to return the favor.”
― Benjamin Alire Sáenz, Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe

“Live hard, love harder. Chase dreams, seek adventures … capture moments. Live beautifully.”
― Tillie Cole, A Thousand Boy Kisses

“Why does it take a life ending to learn how to cherish each day? Why must we wait until we run out of time to start to accomplish all that we dreamed, when once we had all the time in the world? Why don’t we look at the person we love the most like it’s the last time we will ever see them? Because if we did, life would be so vibrant. Life would be so truly and completely lived.”
― Tillie Cole, A Thousand Boy Kisses

“I’m the girl who wakes up early to watch the sunrise. I’m the girl who wants to see the good in everyone, the one who is taken away by a song, inspired by art.” Turning to me, she smiled. “I’m that girl, Rune. The one who waits out the storm simply to catch a glimpse of a rainbow. Why be miserable when you can be happy? It’s an obvious choice to me.”
― Tillie Cole, A Thousand Boy Kisses

“Nier la tristesse ne l'efface pas,
on peut l'enfouir aussi profondément que possible,
elle finira toujours par remonter.”
― Samantha Bailly, Nos âmes plurielles