One of the most painful moments in a person’s life probably comes with the insight that an age has been reached when there is more to look back on than ahead.
“If only heartache were contagious, you would love me as much as I love you”
― P.S. from Paris
― P.S. from Paris
“Because you can make decisions for yourself even if they’re wrong. Mistakes can be corrected. Life is too short to have everyone else tell you how to live. Make a few mistakes, and learn from them. At least they’ll be real, and you’ll be living, not just existing.”
― The Ladies' Room
― The Ladies' Room
“We fall in love with somebody who maybe seems like a bad match,” Tully says, “and our friends run around saying, ‘What does he see in her?’ What he sees in her is what’s hidden from everyone else. He’s fallen in love with something invisible.”
― The Bette Davis Club
― The Bette Davis Club
“A broken heart hurts like hell, I know, but it’s better than being so empty you’ve got nothing to cry about.”
― P.S. from Paris
― P.S. from Paris
“History is something that very few people have been doing while everyone else was ploughing fields and carrying water buckets.”
― Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
― Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
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