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After this, I couldn’t hear their voices any longer; for in my ears I heard a sound like a bird’s wings flapping in panic. Perhaps it was my heart, I don’t know. But if you’ve ever seen a bird trapped inside the great hall of a temple,
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“You know you're in love when you can't fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams.”
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“I think that if I ever have kids, and they are upset, I won't tell them that people are starving in China or anything like that because it wouldn't change the fact that they were upset. And even if somebody else has it much worse, that doesn't really change the fact that you have what you have.”
― The Perks of Being a Wallflower
― The Perks of Being a Wallflower
“Life is full of contradictions. We crave security and independence in equal measures.”
― Mrs Funnybones: She's just like You and a lot like Me
― Mrs Funnybones: She's just like You and a lot like Me
“What's in a name? that which we call a rose
By any other name would smell as sweet.”
― Romeo and Juliet
By any other name would smell as sweet.”
― Romeo and Juliet
“We don’t have a word for the opposite of loneliness, but if we did, I could say that’s what I want in life.”
― The Opposite of Loneliness: Essays and Stories
― The Opposite of Loneliness: Essays and Stories
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