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“When I talk about surviving, I don’t mean pushing a needle up your veins and waiting for the next time. That’s dying. Surviving is what you choose to do. Takes some courage. Takes some sense.”
“The evening's the best part of the day. You've done your day's work. Now you can put your feet up and enjoy it.”
― The Remains of the Day
― The Remains of the Day
“Be not afraid of greatness. Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and others have greatness thrust upon them.”
― Twelfth Night
― Twelfth Night
“I love you without knowing how, or when, or from where. I love you simply, without problems or pride: I love you in this way because I do not know any other way of loving but this, in which there is no I or you, so intimate that your hand upon my chest is my hand, so intimate that when I fall asleep your eyes close.”
― 100 Love Sonnets
― 100 Love Sonnets
“Fools talk, cowards are silent, wise men listen.”
― The Shadow of the Wind
― The Shadow of the Wind
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