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“She held herself very straight, like Audrey Hepburn, whom all women idolize and men never think about.”
― The Virgin Suicides
― The Virgin Suicides
“The greatest ideas are the simplest.”
― Lord of the Flies
― Lord of the Flies
“Our true friends are those who are with us when the good things happen. They cheer us on and are pleased by our triumphs. False friends only appear at difficult times, with their sad, supportive faces, when, in fact, our suffering is serving to console them for their miserable lives.”
― The Zahir
― The Zahir
“Autumn...the year's last, loveliest smile."
[Indian Summer]”
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[Indian Summer]”
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“But love is always new. Regardless of whether we love once, twice, or a dozen times in our life, we always face a brand-new situation. Love can consign us to hell or to paradise, but it always takes us somewhere. We simply have to accept it, because it is what nourishes our existence. If we reject it, we die of hunger, because we lack the courage to stretch out a hand and pluck the fruit from the branches of the tree of life. We have to take love where we find it, even if that means hours, days, weeks of disappointment and sadness.
The moment we begin to seek love, love begins to seek us. And to save us.”
― By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept
The moment we begin to seek love, love begins to seek us. And to save us.”
― By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept
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