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"A silent tear slips down my cheek. It strikes me that, with all the cruelties in this world, there is still nothing quite as dangerous as kindness." — 18 hours, 38 min ago
"A silent tear slips down my cheek. It strikes me that, with all the cruelties in this world, there is still nothing quite as dangerous as kindness." — 18 hours, 38 min ago
“There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.”
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“Nobody has ever measured, not even poets, how much the heart can hold.”
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“The opposite of love is not hate, it's indifference. The opposite of art is not ugliness, it's indifference. The opposite of faith is not heresy, it's indifference. And the opposite of life is not death, it's indifference.”
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“Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night.”
― Eleonora
― Eleonora
“Whether you think you can, or you think you can't--you're right.”
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