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“She had lived her early years as though she were waiting for something she might, but never did, become.”
― Marguerite Duras, The Ravishing of Lol Stein

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“We can never know what to want, because, living only one life, we can neither compare it with our previous lives nor perfect it in our lives to come.”
― Milan Kundera

tags: kundera, poetic, profound, sabina, tereza, tomas

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“Life is what happens to us while we are making other plans.”
― Allen Saunders

tags: fate, life, misattributed-john-lennon, planning, plans

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“عشق را
بدون بزک می‌خواستیم
دنیا را بدون تفنگ
روی دیوارهای سیاه
گل سرخ نقاشی کردیم
رهگذران به ما خندیدند
به ما خندیدند رهگذران
ما فقط نگاه کردیم
جاده‌ها
دور شهر گره خورده بودند
در شهر ماندیم و پوسیدیم و خواندیم:
قطاری که ما را از این جا نبرد
قطار نیست”
― رسول یونان

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“I do not want people to be very agreeable, as it saves me the trouble of liking them a great deal.”
― Jane Austen, Jane Austen's Letters

tags: friends, humor, people

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