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“You've gotta dance like there's nobody watching,
Love like you'll never be hurt,
Sing like there's nobody listening,
And live like it's heaven on earth.”
― William W. Purkey

“There are too many books I haven’t read, too many places I haven’t seen, too many memories I haven’t kept long enough.”
― Irwin Shaw

“I'm in love with you," he said quietly.

"Augustus," I said.

"I am," he said. He was staring at me, and I could see the corners of his eyes crinkling. "I'm in love with you, and I'm not in the business of denying myself the simple pleasure of saying true things. I'm in love with you, and I know that love is just a shout into the void, and that oblivion is inevitable, and that we're all doomed and that there will come a day when all our labor has been returned to dust, and I know the sun will swallow the only earth we'll ever have, and I am in love with you.”
― John Green, The Fault in Our Stars

“In secret we met
In silence I grieve,
That thy heart could forget,
Thy spirit deceive.”
― George Gordon Byron

“What a long strange trip it's been.”
― Jerry Garcia

“Tonight I can write the saddest lines
I loved her, and sometimes she loved me too.”
― Pablo Neruda, Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair

“We do not need magic to transform our world. We carry all the power we need inside ourselves already.”
― J.K. Rowling

“Μήπως πρέπει...Μήπως...Μια γνώμη λέω.
Να βάλεις "φραγή" σε ορισμένα πρόσωπα που σε περικυκλώνουν
και ισχυρίζονται ότι αποτελούν το πλαίσιο σου;
Την κορνίζα σου, και καλά.
(Και τι κορνίζα Θε μου! Όλο χρυσόσκονη!)
Μήπως πρέπει να απενεργοποιήσεις ορισμένα συναισθήματα,
που αποδείχτηκαν υπερβολικά και ανώφελα;
Η γενναιοδωρία, φίλε, έχει κάποια όρια. Κάποια στοπ.
Όταν τα ξεπεράσεις ξέρεις που οδηγείσαι;
Στο διασυρμό και στην αυτοκαταστροφή.
Έτσι είναι. Κι ας μη σ αρέσει να το δεις.
Αυτή πια η ανόητη προσμονή σου,
πως οι "άλλοι" κάποτε θ αλλάξουν.
Ξέχνα την, να χαρείς.
Οι "άλλοι" την έχουν καταβρεί στην πουπουλένια σου πλατούλα.
Εσύ ν αλλάξεις ρότα. Τώρα. Αν μπορείς.
Αν δεν μπορείς τουλάχιστον μη θορυβείς.
Έχεις ακούσει μήπως για τη μητέρα Τερέζα;
Καμία σχέση!”
― Αλκυόνη Παπαδάκη, Ξεφυλλίζοντας τη σιωπή

“In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on.”
― Robert Frost

“We rip out so much of ourselves to be cured of things faster than we should that we go bankrupt by the age of thirty and have less to offer each time we start with someone new. But to feel nothing so as not to feel anything—what a waste!”
― André Aciman, Call Me by Your Name

“Alexander, were you looking for me?"
"All my life.”
― Paullina Simons, The Bronze Horseman

“Only once in your life, I truly believe, you find someone who can completely turn your world around. You tell them things that you’ve never shared with another soul and they absorb everything you say and actually want to hear more. You share hopes for the future, dreams that will never come true, goals that were never achieved and the many disappointments life has thrown at you. When something wonderful happens, you can’t wait to tell them about it, knowing they will share in your excitement. They are not embarrassed to cry with you when you are hurting or laugh with you when you make a fool of yourself. Never do they hurt your feelings or make you feel like you are not good enough, but rather they build you up and show you the things about yourself that make you special and even beautiful. There is never any pressure, jealousy or competition but only a quiet calmness when they are around. You can be yourself and not worry about what they will think of you because they love you for who you are. The things that seem insignificant to most people such as a note, song or walk become invaluable treasures kept safe in your heart to cherish forever. Memories of your childhood come back and are so clear and vivid it’s like being young again. Colours seem brighter and more brilliant. Laughter seems part of daily life where before it was infrequent or didn’t exist at all. A phone call or two during the day helps to get you through a long day’s work and always brings a smile to your face. In their presence, there’s no need for continuous conversation, but you find you’re quite content in just having them nearby. Things that never interested you before become fascinating because you know they are important to this person who is so special to you. You think of this person on every occasion and in everything you do. Simple things bring them to mind like a pale blue sky, gentle wind or even a storm cloud on the horizon. You open your heart knowing that there’s a chance it may be broken one day and in opening your heart, you experience a love and joy that you never dreamed possible. You find that being vulnerable is the only way to allow your heart to feel true pleasure that’s so real it scares you. You find strength in knowing you have a true friend and possibly a soul mate who will remain loyal to the end. Life seems completely different, exciting and worthwhile. Your only hope and security is in knowing that they are a part of your life.”
― Bob Marley

“I could recognize him by touch alone, by smell; I would know him blind, by the way his breaths came and his feet struck the earth. I would know him in death, at the end of the world.”
― Madeline Miller, The Song of Achilles