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“Once upon a time there were two countries, at war with each other. In order to make peace after many years of conflict, they decided to build a bridge across the ocean.
But because they never learned each other’s language properly, they could never agree on the details, so the two halves of the bridge they started to build never met.
To this day the bridge extends far into the ocean from both sides, and simply ends half way, miles in the wrong direction from the meeting point.
And the two countries are still at war.”
― The Perpetual Calendar of Inspiration
But because they never learned each other’s language properly, they could never agree on the details, so the two halves of the bridge they started to build never met.
To this day the bridge extends far into the ocean from both sides, and simply ends half way, miles in the wrong direction from the meeting point.
And the two countries are still at war.”
― The Perpetual Calendar of Inspiration
“Good humor may be said to be one of the very best articles of dress one can wear in society.”
― Sketches and Travels, Etc.
― Sketches and Travels, Etc.
“A bitter man needs to place his troubles on the front of his tongue so that they taste sweeter.”
― Dubious Musings of a Peculiar Man
― Dubious Musings of a Peculiar Man
“The pleasure of remembering had been taken from me, because there was no longer anyone to remember with. It felt like losing your co-rememberer meant losing the memory itself, as if the things we'd done were less real and important than they had been hours before.”
― The Fault in Our Stars
― The Fault in Our Stars
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