When you lie to someone you love—and I did love Charles—let alone when you lie so often that the lie seems truer than the actual truth, you lose the only thing that matters: the possibility of real connection.
“Had they known at these moments to be quietly joyful? Most likely not. People mostly did not know enough when they were living life that they were living it.”
― Olive Kitteridge
― Olive Kitteridge
“So many things are possible just as long as you don't know they're impossible.”
― The Phantom Tollbooth
― The Phantom Tollbooth
“Never give up on a dream just because of the time it will take to accomplish it. The time will pass anyway.”
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“Everybody has to feel superior to somebody," she said. "But it's customary to present a little proof before you take the privilege.”
― Breakfast at Tiffany’s and Three Stories
― Breakfast at Tiffany’s and Three Stories
“Lost opportunities, lost possibilities, feelings we can never get back. That's part of what it means to be alive. But inside our heads - at least that's where I imagine it - there's a little room where we store those memories. A room like the stacks in this library. And to understand the workings of our own heart we have to keep on making new reference cards. We have to dust things off every once in awhile, let in fresh air, change the water in the flower vases. In other words, you'll live forever in your own private library.”
― Kafka on the Shore
― Kafka on the Shore
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