“There are some people you like immediately, some whom you think you might learn to like in the fullness of time, and some that you simply want to push away from you with a sharp stick.”
― The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul
― The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul
“It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live.”
― Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
― Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
“Every traveler has a home of his own, and he learns to appreciate it the more from his wandering.”
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“She kept swimming out into life because she hadn't yet found a rock to stand on.”
― Animal Dreams
― Animal Dreams
“There is no point treating a depressed person as though she were just feeling sad, saying, 'There now, hang on, you'll get over it.' Sadness is more or less like a head cold- with patience, it passes. Depression is like cancer.”
― The Bean Trees
― The Bean Trees
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