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Nothing grieves me more than seeing someone who has given up on the world being forced to smile.
“Ever since boyhood, I’d feared wasting any happiness that came my way; I’d always wanted to save some of it for later. This had caused me to miss many opportunities.”
― Kürk Mantolu Madonna
― Kürk Mantolu Madonna
“bread was everything you wanted love to be, but it so often isn’t: hot, sweet, comforting, full of promise, and so heartwarming it made you want to do nice things for other people.”
― Standard Deviation
― Standard Deviation
“If you cannot bear these stories then the society is unbearable. Who am I to remove the clothes of this society, which itself is naked. I don't even try to cover it, because it is not my job, that's the job of dressmakers.”
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“Nothing grieves me more than seeing someone who has given up on the world being forced to smile.”
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“I wondered why people consider escapism so bad, even the escapism on display right then. At first it might appear unseemly, but in the end its lack of pretension gives it its own sort of beauty.”
― Bombay Stories
― Bombay Stories
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