“I mean, if the relationship can't survive the long term, why on earth would it be worth my time and energy for the short term?”
― The Last Song
― The Last Song
“No one ever told me I was pretty when I was a little girl. All little girls should be told they're pretty, even if they aren't.”
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“A human being is a part of the whole called by us universe, a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feeling as something separated from the rest, a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty.”
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“Every man has his secret sorrows which the world knows not; and often times we call a man cold when he is only sad.”
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