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Nelson Mandela
“It always seems impossible until it's done.”
Nelson Mandela

Tove Jansson
“It's funny about love', Sophia said. 'The more you love someone, the less he likes you back.'
'That's very true,' Grandmother observed. 'And so what do you do?'
'You go on loving,' said Sophia threateningly. 'You love harder and harder.”
Tove Jansson, The Summer Book

Marilyn Monroe
“Dogs never bite me. Just humans.”
Marilyn Monroe

Georges Simenon
“We are all potentially characters in a novel--with the difference that characters in a novel really get to live their lives to the full.”
Georges Simenon

Marguerite Duras
“You have to be very fond of men. Very, very fond. You have to be very fond of them to love them. Otherwise they're simply unbearable.”
Marguerite Duras, Practicalities
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