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“Wehmütig dachte ich an Karsten, der damals im Fernbus neben mir gesessen und mir das erste
Mal vom Kölschen Grundgesetz erzählt hatte: »Et kütt, wie et kütt.«
Bis jetzt war es ohne Erbarmen und Schlag auf Schlag »gekütt«. Von mir aus hätte auch mal nichts »kütten« können. Doch das Schicksal nahm keine Rücksicht auf leere Batterien.”
― Inka Lindberg, we fell in love in october

“I don’t regret anything I’ve ever done in life, any choice that I’ve made. But I’m consumed with regret for the things I didn’t do, the choices I didn’t make, the things I didn’t say. We spend so much time being afraid of failure, afraid of rejection. But regret is the thing we should fear most. Failure is an answer. Rejection is an answer. Regret is an eternal question you will never have the answer to. “What if…” “If only…” “I wonder what would have…” You will never, never know, and it will haunt you for the rest of your days.”
― Trevor Noah, Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood

“We tell people to follow their dreams, but you can only dream of what you can imagine, and, depending on where you come from, your imagination can be quite limited.”
― Trevor Noah, Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood