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Satantango

by László Krasznahorkai

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Miguel’s Quotes

“Wasn’t friendship its own miracle, the finding of another person who made the entire lonely world seem somehow less lonely?”
― Hanya Yanagihara, A Little Life

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“But the real crisis of our times, of my generation, is not that we don’t have it good, or even that we might be worse off later on. No, the real crisis is that we can’t come up with anything better.”
― Rutger Bregman, Utopia for Realists: How We Can Build the Ideal World

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“Whether this period was a cold winter that left valuable growth rings inside me, I can’t really say.”
― Haruki Murakami, Men Without Women

tags: maturity

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“You are a pastel-colored Persian carpet, and loneliness is a Bordeaux wine stain that won’t come out”
― Haruki Murakami, Men Without Women: Stories

tags: loneliness

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“...things get broken, and sometimes they get repaired, and in most cases, you realize that no matter what gets damaged, life rearranges itself to compensate for your loss, sometimes wonderfully.”
― Hanya Yanagihara, A Little Life

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