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“How could she feel nostalgia when he was right in front of her? How can you suffer from the absence of a person who is present?
You can suffer nostalgia in the presence of the beloved if you glimpse a future where the beloved is no more”
― Identity
You can suffer nostalgia in the presence of the beloved if you glimpse a future where the beloved is no more”
― Identity
“A great civilization is not conquered from without until it has destroyed itself within”
― The Story of Philosophy: The Lives and Opinions of the World's Greatest Philosophers
― The Story of Philosophy: The Lives and Opinions of the World's Greatest Philosophers
“It is the triumph of superior reason to live with folks who don't have any.”
― Socrates
― Socrates
“Shakespeare had it right all along: Love will kill you in the end.”
― Bird of Paradise: How I Became Latina
― Bird of Paradise: How I Became Latina
“The loneliest moment in someone’s life is when they are watching their whole world fall apart, and all they can do is stare blankly.”
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