“I cannot remember the books I've read any more than the meals I have eaten; even so, they have made me.”
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“Perhaps one did not want to be loved so much as to be understood.”
― 1984
― 1984
“You are a child of the universe,
no less than the trees and the stars;
you have a right to be here.
And whether or not it is clear to you,
no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should.”
― Desiderata: A Poem for a Way of Life
no less than the trees and the stars;
you have a right to be here.
And whether or not it is clear to you,
no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should.”
― Desiderata: A Poem for a Way of Life
“Books are cold but safe friends.”
― Les Misérables
― Les Misérables
“I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I am saying.”
― The Happy Prince and Other Stories
― The Happy Prince and Other Stories
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