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I always thought of my road life as temporary, assuming that one day I would grow up and settle down. Now I realized that for me, the road was permanent, and settling down was temporary. Traveling had created my nonroad life, not the other ...more
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I'm selfish, impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control
“I'm selfish, impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control and at times hard to handle. But if you can't handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don't deserve me at my best.”
― Marilyn Monroe

Mark Twain
“If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything.”
― Mark Twain

Margaret Atwood
“Don't let the bastards grind you down.”
― Margaret Atwood, The Handmaid’s Tale

Markus Zusak
“I am haunted by humans.”
― Markus Zusak, The Book Thief

“Dare I say I miss him? I do. I miss him. I still see him in my dreams. They are nightmares mostly, but nightmares tinged with love. Such is the strangeness of the human heart.”
― Yann Martel, Life of Pi

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