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“It could have been like a fairy tale. But fairy tales aren't real. Things don't work like that. There's a price for everything.”
― Girl at Sea
― Girl at Sea
“He soon felt that the fulfillment of his desires gave him only one grain of the mountain of happiness he had expected. This fulfillment showed him the eternal error men make in imagining that their happiness depends on the realization of their desires.”
― Anna Karenina
― Anna Karenina
“Sure, it sucked to be lost, but I'd long ago realized I preferred it to depending on anyone else to get me where I needed to go. That was the thing about being alone, in theory or in principle. Whatever happened- good, bad, or anywhere in between- it was always, if nothing else, all your own.”
― Lock and Key
― Lock and Key
“We live, in fact, in a world starved for solitude, silence, and private: and therefore starved for meditation and true friendship.”
― The Weight of Glory
― The Weight of Glory
“Music is a total constant. That's why we have such a strong visceral connection to it, you know? Because a song can take you back instantly to a moment, or a place, or even a person. No matter what else has changed in your or the world, that one song says the same, just like that moment.”
― Just Listen
― Just Listen
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