“We must be willing to let go of the life we have planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for us.”
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“The day we fret about the future is the day we leave our childhood behind.”
― The Name of the Wind
― The Name of the Wind
“Man cannot possess anything as long as he fears death. But to him who does not fear it, everything belongs. If there was no suffering, man would not know his limits, would not know himself. ”
― War and Peace
― War and Peace
“If light is scarce then light is scarce; we will immerse ourselves in the darkness and there discover its own particular beauty.”
― In Praise of Shadows
― In Praise of Shadows
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