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“It's a funny thing... but people mostly have it backward. They think they live by what they want. But really, what guides them is what they're afraid of. What they don't want.”
― And the Mountains Echoed
― And the Mountains Echoed
“Why can't you just love me? Why can't you just be in love with me? You were once, weren't you? In the beginning?”
― One Day
― One Day
“I now know that some people feel unhappiness the way others love: privately, intensely, and without recourse.”
― And the Mountains Echoed
― And the Mountains Echoed
“I don't think human beings were meant to know so much about the world. All this time and all this
exposure to every conceivable aspect of life - wisdom so rarely enters the picture. We barely have enough time to figure out who we are and then
we become bitter and isolated as we age.”
― Girlfriend in a Coma
exposure to every conceivable aspect of life - wisdom so rarely enters the picture. We barely have enough time to figure out who we are and then
we become bitter and isolated as we age.”
― Girlfriend in a Coma
“Unless the hole is MEANT to be square,' I said with a sudden erudition that surprised me, 'in which case, all the round pegs are the ones that are wrong, and if the ROUND hole is one that is not meant to be square, then the square ones will, no, hang on--'
'Shame,' said the historian, 'and you were doing so well.”
― Shades of Grey
'Shame,' said the historian, 'and you were doing so well.”
― Shades of Grey
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