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“When you are feeling happy, and you keep feeling happy, then only happy people, circumstances and events can come into your life. If you feel stressed, then only more stress can come into your life through people, circumstances and events.”
― The Power
― The Power
“But in good time you'll see that sometimes what matters isn't what one gives but what one gives up.”
― The Shadow of the Wind
― The Shadow of the Wind
“You know,” he said, “one of the things you learn when you get old like me is that sometimes, a new situation will come along, and you’ll have no idea what to do. There’s no rule book that tells you how to act in every given situation in life, you know? So what I always say is that it’s always better to err on the side of kindness. That’s the secret. If you don’t know what to do, just be kind. You can’t go wrong.”
― Wonder
― Wonder
“A man feared that he might find an assassin;
Another that he might find a victim.
One was more wise than the other.”
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Another that he might find a victim.
One was more wise than the other.”
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“Hundert teppichklopfende Weiber können einen Himmel erstürmen, können jungen Schwalben die Flügelspitzen stumpf machen und brachten Oskars in die Aprilluft getrommeltes Tempelchen mit weningen Schlägen zum Einsturz.”
― The Tin Drum
― The Tin Drum
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