“Firstly: don't touch the hands of your cuckoo-clock heart. Secondly: master your anger. Thirdly: never, ever fall in love. For if you do, the hour hand will poke through your skin, your bones will shatter, and your heart will break once more.”
― La Mécanique du cœur
― La Mécanique du cœur
“Don't listen to the malicious comments of those friends who, never taking any risks themselves, can only see other people's failures.”
― Eleven Minutes
― Eleven Minutes
“Despite your best efforts, people are going to be hurt when it's time for them to be hurt.”
― Norwegian Wood
― Norwegian Wood
“One is loved because one is loved. No reason is needed for loving.”
― The Alchemist
― The Alchemist
“We love each other like matches in the dark. We don't talk, we catch fire instead ”
― La Mécanique du cœur
― La Mécanique du cœur
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