“When you want to share something with another person more than anything, it is one of the most difficult things to realize that you can never have it. Accepting this realization is even more difficult. Loving someone does mean saying goodbye to them in some cases, though we will fight that until the oftentimes bitter end before doing the right thing.”
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“A book is less important for what it says than for what it makes you think.”
― Education of a Wandering Man: A Memoir
― Education of a Wandering Man: A Memoir
“Few of us ever live in the present. We are forever anticipating what is to come or remembering what has gone.”
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“Do not let yourself be bothered by the inconsequential. One has only so much time in this world, so devote it to the work and the people most important to you, to those you love and things that matter. One can waste half a lifetime with people one doesn't really like, or doing things when one would be better off somewhere else.”
― Ride the River
― Ride the River
“It's nice to have things to look forward to.”
― The Perks of Being a Wallflower
― The Perks of Being a Wallflower
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