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“By the moonlight he watched his wife for the last time. His hand sought the adjacent flesh and sorrow paralleled desire in the immense complexity of love.”
― Carson McCullers, The Ballad of the Sad Café and Other Stories

“Because they were young. Because one is young only once in a life lived only once. Because recklessness is the only fist to throw at nothingness. How much aliveness can one bear?”
― Jonathan Safran Foer, Here I Am

“This is the most simple and basic component of life: our struggles determine our successes.”
― Mark Manson, The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life

“Our stories are so fundamental to us that it’s easy to forget that we choose them.”
― Jonathan Safran Foer, Here I Am