“A soul that is ruined in the bud will frequently return to the springtime of its beginning and its promise-filled childhood, as though it could discover new hopes there and retie the broken threads of life. The shoots grow rapidly and eagerly, but it is only a sham life that will never be a genuine tree.”
― Beneath the Wheel
― Beneath the Wheel
“There is something more terrible than a hell of suffering--a hell of boredom. ”
― Les Misérables
― Les Misérables
“And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.”
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“Don’t walk in front of me… I may not follow
Don’t walk behind me… I may not lead
Walk beside me… just be my friend”
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Don’t walk behind me… I may not lead
Walk beside me… just be my friend”
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“Everything is inconceivable. The whole world is inconceivable to the strict logic of ideas. And yet the world exists to our senses, and we exist in it. There must be a necessity superior to our conceptions.”
― Under Western Eyes
― Under Western Eyes
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