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Alexandre’s Quotes

“When you set sail for Ithaca,
wish for the road to be long,
full of adventures, full of knowledge.”
― C.P. Cavafy

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“The more the heart is nourished with happiness, the more it is insatiable.”
― Gabrielle Roy

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“I feel free and strong. If I were not a reader of books I could not feel this way.”
― Walter Tevis

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“There is a sacredness in tears....They are the messengers of overwhelming grief, of deep contrition and of unspeakable love.”
― Washington Irving

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“And now here is my secret, a very simple secret: It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.”
― Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Little Prince

tags: heart, importance, inspiration, secret, the-little-prince

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