Ilina Tsoneva
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“Understanding is often a prelude to forgiveness, but they are not the same, and we often forgive what we cannot understand (seeing nothing else to do) and understand what we cannot pardon.”
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“I'm inspired by love, by the moments that we commit to something with all our heart - be it a person, a project, an animal, anything really. It's undeniably inspiring, that acknowledgment of existence, that I love, that I care. That fills me with purpose.”
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“Every day that we allow ourselves to take things for granted, every day that we allow some little physical infirmity or worldly worry to come between us and our obstinate, indignant, defiant exultation, we are weakening our genius for life.”
― The Meaning of Culture
― The Meaning of Culture
“it’s an exploration of whether the safety that comes with loving someone at arm’s length is worth giving up the joy of loving someone with your whole heart.”
― Same Time Next Summer
― Same Time Next Summer
“Strive for that greatness of spirit that measures life not by its disappointments but by its possibilities.”
― Prayers for Dark People
― Prayers for Dark People
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