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“The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place.”
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“I don't want whatever I want. Nobody does. Not really. What kind of fun would it be if I just got everything I ever wanted just like that, and it didn't mean anything? What then?”
― Coraline
― Coraline
“Most of the trouble in life comes from misunderstanding, I think,' said Anne.”
― Anne of the Island
― Anne of the Island
“A lot of people get so hung up on what they can't have that they don't think for a second about whether they really want it.”
― Checker and the Derailleurs
― Checker and the Derailleurs
“How often, you wonder, has the direction of your life been shaped by such misunderstandings? How many opportunities have you been denied--or, for that matter, awarded--because someone failed to see you properly? How many friends have you lost, how many have you gained, because they glimpsed some element of your personality that shone through for only an instant, and in circumstances you could never reproduce? An illusion of water shimmering at the far bend of a highway.”
― The View from the Seventh Layer
― The View from the Seventh Layer
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