“If bad luck knows who you are, become someone else.”
― I'll Give You the Sun
― I'll Give You the Sun
“Every true love and friendship is a story of unexpected transformation. If we are the same person before and after we loved, that means we haven't loved enough.”
― The Forty Rules of Love
― The Forty Rules of Love
“In fact no one recognizes the happiest moment of their lives as they are living it. It may well be that, in a moment of joy, one might sincerely believe that they are living that golden instant "now," even having lived such a moment before, but whatever they say, in one part of their hearts they still believe in the certainty of a happier moment to come. Because how could anyone, and particularly anyone who is still young, carry on with the belief that everything could only get worse: If a person is happy enough to think he has reached the happiest moment of his life, he will be hopeful enough to believe his future will be just as beautiful, more so.”
― The Museum of Innocence
― The Museum of Innocence
“Any intelligent person knows that life is a beautiful thing and that the purpose of life is to be happy," said my father as he watched the three beauties. "But it seems only idiots are ever happy. How can we explain this?”
― The Museum of Innocence
― The Museum of Innocence
“Cowardice is the most terrible of vices.”
― The Master and Margarita
― The Master and Margarita
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