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“Brother, I’m not depressed and haven’t lost spirit. Life everywhere is life, life is in ourselves and not in the external. There will be people near me, and to be a human being among human beings, and remain one forever, no matter what misfortunes befall, not to become depressed, and not to falter – this is what life is, herein lies its task.”
― The Brothers Karamazov
― The Brothers Karamazov
“I think and think and think, I‘ve thought myself out of happiness one million times, but never once into it.”
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“Sometimes I can hear my bones straining under the weight of all the lives I'm not living.”
― Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
― Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
“Your attitude determines how you experience the world.”
― Living with Joy: Keys to Personal Power and Spiritual Transformation
― Living with Joy: Keys to Personal Power and Spiritual Transformation
“...and in the eyes of the people there is the failure; and in the eyes of the hungry there is a growing wrath. In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage.”
― The Grapes of Wrath
― The Grapes of Wrath
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