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Life is made up of compromises.


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There are two ways of spreading light: to be The candle or the mirror that reflects it.

There are two ways of spreading light: to be The candle or the mirror that reflects it.



The desire for symmetry, for balance, for rhythm in form as well as in sound, is one of the most inveterate of human instincts.

The desire for symmetry, for balance, for rhythm in form as well as in sound, is one of the most inveterate of human instincts.



To visit Morocco is still like turning the pages of some illuminated Persian manuscript all embroidered with bright shapes and subtle lines.

To visit Morocco is still like turning the pages of some illuminated Persian manuscript all embroidered with bright shapes and subtle lines.



One can remain alive ... if one is unafraid of change, insatiable in intellectual curiosity interested in big things and happy in small ways.

One can remain alive ... if one is unafraid of change, insatiable in intellectual curiosity interested in big things and happy in small ways.



If only we'd stop trying to be happy, we could have a pretty good time.

If only we'd stop trying to be happy, we could have a pretty good time.



The real loneliness is living among all these kind people who only ask one to pretend!

The real loneliness is living among all these kind people who only ask one to pretend!



Nothing is more perplexing to a man than the mental process of a woman who reasons her emotions.

Nothing is more perplexing to a man than the mental process of a woman who reasons her emotions.



One of the great things about travel is you find out how many good, kind people there are.

One of the great things about travel is you find out how many good, kind people there are.




Life is always either; a tight -rope or a feather-bed . — Give me the tightrope.

Life is always either; a tight -rope or a feather-bed . — Give me the tightrope.





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. . . crazy world or maybe it's just the view we have of it, looking through a crack in the door, never being able to see the whole room, the whole picture.



Without the queen pulling your strings, you’re nothing but thoughts and dreams. Such things are easily destroyed." ~ General Kael, City of Fae #2

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I look back at the past as fond memories but I'm able to move forwards in a new light, like I'm reborn.



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Players aren't quite as mercenary as people make them out to be. Some of them are but some aren't.



Thank God for the Italians, the most forgiving people of the world. And they sing so loud you can barely hear the music!

Thank God for the Italians, the most forgiving people of the world. And they sing so loud you can barely hear the music!



We all have a limited amount and that it's a privilege to grow old. That's something that I think a lot of people have forgotten in this very fast-paced world where youth is overly celebrate.

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Once there was a darkness, a deep and endless night, you gave me everything you had and oh, you gave me light

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There is a profound difference between information and meaning.

There is a profound difference between information and meaning.




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