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“Never be afraid to raise your voice for honesty and truth and compassion against injustice and lying and greed. If people all over the world...would do this, it would change the earth.”
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“The best books... are those that tell you what you know already.”
― 1984
― 1984
“two people can sleep in the same bed and still be alone when they close their eyes”
― Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World
― Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World
“As time goes on, you'll understand. What lasts, lasts; what doesn't, doesn't. Time solves most things. And what time can't solve, you have to solve yourself.”
― Dance Dance Dance
― Dance Dance Dance
“Perhaps one did not want to be loved so much as to be understood.”
― 1984
― 1984
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