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But this banality of violence can never excuse America, because America makes no claim to the banal.
“Every life has one true love snapshot.”
― The Five People You Meet in Heaven
― The Five People You Meet in Heaven
“I have my own soul. My own spark of divine fire.”
― Pygmalion / My Fair Lady
― Pygmalion / My Fair Lady
“Sacrifice is a part of life. It’s supposed to be. It’s not something to regret. It’s something to aspire to. Little sacrifices. Big sacrifices. A mother works so her son can go to school. A daughter moves home to take care of her sick father.”
― The Five People You Meet in Heaven
― The Five People You Meet in Heaven
“Dancing is a perpendicular expression of a horizontal desire.”
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“I'm not sentimental--I'm as romantic as you are. The idea, you know,
is that the sentimental person thinks things will last--the romantic
person has a desperate confidence that they won't.”
― This Side of Paradise
is that the sentimental person thinks things will last--the romantic
person has a desperate confidence that they won't.”
― This Side of Paradise
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