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“You can only rearrange the furniture of your life a number of times before things look the same as they did.”
― Beautiful Ugly
― Beautiful Ugly
“I’ve accepted that I can’t change the world, but I do believe that uniqueness is something to be celebrated, not feared or frowned upon. Life is beautiful and life is ugly and we have to learn to live with both sides of that same coin and see the light in the darkness. The world is Beautiful Ugly, relationships are Beautiful Ugly, love is Beautiful Ugly. Understanding that makes life easier to live with.”
― Beautiful Ugly
― Beautiful Ugly
“Should one ever succeed in interrupting the cycle of history, one could influence not only the future but the past as well.”
― Eurotrash
― Eurotrash
“Yes, I write. Also. Also for pleasure, like running. To get somewhere. Utilitarianly. To get to the end of the page, I mean. Not for exercise. If you know what I mean: it’s life or death.”
― Death Takes Me
― Death Takes Me
“Writing is like being beaten to death by your own dream.”
― Beautiful Ugly
― Beautiful Ugly
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