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“It's only when I'm sad that I feel truly wise.”
― Scorched Earth
― Scorched Earth
“Sadness, essentially, is the ghost of happiness.”
― Scorched Earth
― Scorched Earth
“Most of us carry around the extravagant hope that the world can at least catch a glimpse of what we consider to be our true face. We can't help harbouring the desire that past achievements and former incarnations still reveal some glimpse of themselves on our person. That people might be able to read the history of a face and not just its live bulletins.”
― Scorched Earth
― Scorched Earth
“Life cannot be experienced deeply without kindness, just as life cannot be experienced deeply without art.”
― The War in Venice
― The War in Venice
“Memory is both the best and cruellest friend we will ever have.”
― The War in Venice
― The War in Venice
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