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“And sometimes I have kept my feelings to myself, because I could find no language to describe them in.”
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“There are a few times in life when you leap up and the past that you'd been standing on falls away behind you, and the future you mean to land on is not yet in place, and for a moment you're suspended knowing nothing and no one, not even yourself.”
― The Dutch House
― The Dutch House
“The world breaks everyone and afterward many are strong at the broken places. But those that will not break it kills. It kills the very good and the very gentle and the very brave impartially. If you are none of these you can be sure it will kill you too but there will be no special hurry.”
― A Farewell to Arms
― A Farewell to Arms
“It is important that we forgive ourselves for making mistakes. We need to learn from our errors and move on.”
― Life, the Truth, and Being Free
― Life, the Truth, and Being Free
“Do you think it’s possible to ever see the past as it actually was?”
― The Dutch House
― The Dutch House
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