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I saw all the mirrors on earth and none of them reflected me.


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So plant your own gardens and decorate your own soul, instead of waiting for someone to bring you flowers.

So plant your own gardens and decorate your own soul, instead of waiting for someone to bring you flowers.



Being with you and not being with you is the only way I have to measure time.

Being with you and not being with you is the only way I have to measure time.



Don't talk unless you can improve the silence.

Don't talk unless you can improve the silence.



I am not sure that I exist, actually. I am all the writers that I have read, all the people that I have met, all the women that I have loved; all the cities I have visited.

I am not sure that I exist, actually. I am all the writers that I have read, all the people that I have met, all the women that I have loved; all the cities I have visited.



I cannot sleep unless I am surrounded by books.

I cannot sleep unless I am surrounded by books.



The worst labyrinth is not that intricate form that can entrap us forever, but a single and precise straight line

The worst labyrinth is not that intricate form that can entrap us forever, but a single and precise straight line



The fact is that poetry is not the books in the library . . . Poetry is the encounter of the reader with the book, the discovery of the book.

The fact is that poetry is not the books in the library . . . Poetry is the encounter of the reader with the book, the discovery of the book.



Nothing is built on stone; all is built on sand, but we must build as if the sand were stone.

Nothing is built on stone; all is built on sand, but we must build as if the sand were stone.



I can give you my loneliness, my darkness, the hunger of my heart, I am trying to bribe you with uncertainty, with danger, with defeat.

I can give you my loneliness, my darkness, the hunger of my heart, I am trying to bribe you with uncertainty, with danger, with defeat.



The original is unfaithful to the translation.

The original is unfaithful to the translation.





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None of this was what held Yeva's gaze. Because in the bottom of the valley, straddling the river nestled in the foothills, was a castle.

None of this was what held Yeva's gaze. Because in the bottom of the valley, straddling the river nestled in the foothills, was a castle.



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This must be the most embarrassing moment in my life. I am glad I am too ill to appreciate it fully.



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So, I’m a bear, ” she explains, eyeing us all. “Wait? Is Issie something?”“Nope, ” Issie pouts. “All human. All the time.”“The coolest human ever, ” Devyn says, reaching down and ruffling her hair.

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One of the difficult things about being an actor is to stick around.



It's a funny thing with documentary films - you want them to feel as entertaining and as gripping as a fictional film. With a fictional film you want it to feel as realistic as a documentary film.

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I also feel that I have been very honest with my friends, my family and also with the public about the mistakes that I've made and the challenges that I've gone through.

I also feel that I have been very honest with my friends, my family and also with the public about the mistakes that I've made and the challenges that I've gone through.




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