

“I’ve learned that waiting is the most difficult bit, and I want to get used to the feeling, knowing that you’re with me, even when you’re not by my side.”
― Eleven Minutes
― Eleven Minutes

“Pitiful is the person who is afraid of taking risks. Perhaps this person will never be disappointed or disillusioned; perhaps she won’t suffer the way people do when they have a dream to follow. But when that person looks back – and at some point everyone looks back – she will hear her heart saying, “What have you done with the miracles that God planted in your days? What have you done with the talents God bestowed on you? You buried yourself in a cave because you were fearful of losing those talents. So this is your heritage; the certainty that you wasted your life.”
― By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept
― By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept

“Nothing in this world happens by chance.”
― Veronika Decides to Die
― Veronika Decides to Die

“We can never judge the lives of others, because each person knows only their own pain and renunciation.”
― By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept
― By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept

“Wait. This was the first lesson I had learned about love. The day drags along, you make thousands of plans, you imagine every possible conversation, you promise to change your behavior in certain ways -- and you feel more and more anxious until your loved one arrives. But by then, you don't know what to say. The hours of waiting have been transformed into tension, the tension has become fear, and the fear makes you embarrassed about showing affection.”
― By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept
― By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept
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