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“We are capable of big lives. A big history. Why settle? Why choose the practical thing, the mundane thing? We are born to dream and make the things we dream about.”
― The Sun Is Also a Star
― The Sun Is Also a Star
“I hate that just because you happen to be good at something,people automatically think that's what makes you happy,but it's not really like that, you know? It's not that simple.”
― The Way I Used to Be
― The Way I Used to Be
“For as it turns out, one can revisit the past quite pleasantly, as long as one does so expecting nearly every aspect of it to have changed.”
― A Gentleman in Moscow
― A Gentleman in Moscow
“Nobody felt embarrassed in front of nice geeky people. That's why they were relaxing to be around.”
― Truly Madly Guilty
― Truly Madly Guilty
“Fate would not have the reputation it has, if it simply did what it seemed it would do.”
― A Gentleman in Moscow
― A Gentleman in Moscow
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