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We accept the love we think we deserve.
“We accept the love we think we deserve.”
― Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower
tags: inspirational, love
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“The past beats inside me like a second heart.”
― John Banville, The Sea
tags: memories, past
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“On Art Garfunkel - He makes Paul Simon look like LL Cool J.”
― Ian Gittins
tags: art-garfunkel, criticism, ll-cool-j, music-humor, paul-simon, simon-and-garfunkel
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Jerry Garcia
“Constantly choosing the lesser of two evils is still choosing evil.”
― Jerry Garcia
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“The only way out of the labyrinth of suffering is to forgive.”
― John Green, Looking for Alaska
tags: compassion, life, suffering
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