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“If the world were merely seductive, that would be easy. If it were merely challenging, that would be no problem. But I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve the world and a desire to enjoy the world. This makes it hard to plan the day.”
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“I did then what I knew how to do. Now that I know better, I do better.”
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“Everything tells me that I am about to make a wrong decision, but making mistakes is just part of life. What does the world want of me? Does it want me to take no risks, to go back to where I came from because I didn't have the courage to say "yes" to life?”
― Eleven Minutes
― Eleven Minutes
“Music was my refuge. I could crawl into the space between the notes and curl my back to loneliness.”
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“It is not a lack of love, but a lack of friendship that makes unhappy marriages.”
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