“You see, we cannot draw lines and compartments and refuse to budge beyond them. Sometimes you have to use your failures as stepping-stones to success. You have to maintain a fine balance between hope and despair.' He paused, considering what he had just said. 'Yes', he repeated. 'In the end, it's all a question of balance.”
― A Fine Balance
― A Fine Balance
“I wish I knew how to quit you.”
― Brokeback Mountain
― Brokeback Mountain
“And indeed it could be said that once the faintest stirring of hope became possible, the dominion of plague was ended.”
― The Plague
― The Plague
“So since I'm still here livin',
I guess I will live on.
I could've died for love--
But for livin' I was born.”
― Selected Poems
I guess I will live on.
I could've died for love--
But for livin' I was born.”
― Selected Poems
“Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.”
― What I Talk About When I Talk About Running
― What I Talk About When I Talk About Running
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