Karim Soliman
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“I have to find a way of making myself happy, I have to stop looking for happiness elsewhere. It’s true,”
― The Girl on the Train
― The Girl on the Train
“I suddenly encountered the face of loneliness, and decided that it was a merciless and ugly face indeed.”
― Sophie's Choice
― Sophie's Choice
“And I’ve just got to let myself feel the pain, because if I don’t, if I keep numbing it, it’ll never really go away.”
― The Girl on the Train
― The Girl on the Train
“Don't you try and go through life worrying about if somebody like you or not. You best be making sure they doing right by you.”
― Fences
― Fences
“My message to you is this: pretend that you have free will. It's essential that you behave as if your decisions matter, even though you know they don't. The reality isn't important: what's important is your belief, and believing the lie is the only way to avoid a waking coma. Civilization now depends on self-deception. Perhaps it always has.”
― Exhalation
― Exhalation
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