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Майя Иванова

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“One of them is that a bastard is always a bastard and if I can hurt a bastard by digging up shit about him, then he deserves it.”
― Stieg Larsson, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo

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“Lesson number one: “Not my problem” is not a philosophy. It’s a mental illness. Right up there with pessimism. Other people’s problems are our problems. If your neighbor is laid off, you may feel as if you’ve dodged the bullet, but you haven’t. The bullet hit you as well. You just don’t feel the pain yet. Or as Ruut Veenhoven told me: “The quality of a society is more important than your place in that society.” In other words, better to be a small fish in a clean pond than a big fish in a polluted lake.”
― Eric Weiner, The Geography of Bliss: One Grump's Search for the Happiest Places in the World

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“We are the girls with anxiety disorders, filled appointment books, five-year plans. We take ourselves very, very seriously. We are the peacemakers, the do-gooders, the givers, the savers. We are on time, overly prepared, well read, and witty, intellectually curious, always moving… We pride ourselves on getting as little sleep as possible and thrive on self-deprivation. We drink coffee, a lot of it. We are on birth control, Prozac, and multivitamins… We are relentless, judgmental with ourselves, and forgiving to others. We never want to be as passive-aggressive as our mothers, never want to marry men as uninspired as our fathers… We are the daughters of the feminists who said, “You can be anything,” and we heard, “You have to be everything.”
― Courtney Martin

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“Baby," I said, "I’m a genius but nobody knows it but me."

She looked down at me. "Get up off the floor you damn fool and get me a drink.”
― Charles Bukowski, Factotum

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“- Ех, момиче, нека ти кажа и аз нещо. Животът, любовта и децата не ни прнадлежат. Имат си собствени закони и собствен път. Идват точно когато са ни нужни и си отиват пак така, но никога случайно. По тяхната си логика, не по нашата. Затова много често не ги разбираме. Можем да направим само едно - да ги приемем с благодарност, когато дойдат, да им даден вичко най-красиво от себе си и да ги изпратим пак с благодарност, че са споделили себе си с нас. Не тъгувай, Марина, и запомни: любовта не свършва и не умира, тя просто си отива... На друго място, при други сърца. И се връща при теб с друго лице, с друго сърце. Понякога със същото лице, със същия човек, но само тя знае защо отново ви среща. Явно не сме дорасли да познаваме тайната й. А може би истината е толкова близо до очите ни и толкова просто, че не я виждаме. Казах проста, но това не я прави лесна. (Демир)”
― Мария Лалева, Живот в скалите

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