“Most of the trouble in life comes from misunderstanding, I think,' said Anne.”
― Anne of the Island
― Anne of the Island
“We're all born with selfish desires, so we can all relate to those feelings in others. But kindness is something made individually by each person...so it's easy to misunderstand when others are trying to be kind to you.”
― Fruits Basket Ultimate Edition, Vol. 3
― Fruits Basket Ultimate Edition, Vol. 3
“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
“Are these things really better than the things I already have? Or am I just trained to be dissatisfied with what I have now?”
― Lullaby
― Lullaby
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