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“Out of clutter, find simplicity. From disorder, find harmony. In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.”
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“We are all more or less public figures, it’s only the number of spectators that varies.”
― The Double
― The Double
“Are not flowers the stars of the earth?”
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“Some people,” says Alphonse Karr, “are always finding fault with Nature for putting thorns on roses; I always thank her for having put roses on thorns.”
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“I never told you about the trip to Portugal 3 years ago when I read Fernando Pessoa at 1 a.m. outside a small family-run restaurant by the harbour. If I close my eyes I can still smell the salt water and the fish, some sort of cleaning powder scent from the kitchen, can still feel the heat, a soft wind and me sitting with wide open eyes on my own at 1 a.m. writing what I thought was profound and excellent. I felt like a writer then. I was not a girlfriend or a daughter or a songwriter who never got signed—I was a writer in the truest sense and I lived in my own flames.”
― He loved me some days. I'm sure he did: 99 essays on growth through loss
― He loved me some days. I'm sure he did: 99 essays on growth through loss
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