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Life is not like water. Things in life don't necessarily flow over the shortest possible route.


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Time flows in strange ways on Sundays, and sights become mysteriously distorted.

Time flows in strange ways on Sundays, and sights become mysteriously distorted.



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A person learns how to love himself through the simple acts of loving and being loved by someone else.



I can bear any pain as long as it has meaning.

I can bear any pain as long as it has meaning.



It is not that the meaning cannot be explained. But there are certain meanings that are lost forever the moment they are explained in words.

It is not that the meaning cannot be explained. But there are certain meanings that are lost forever the moment they are explained in words.



This is what it means to live on. When granted hope, a person uses it as fuel, as a guidepost to life. It is impossible to live without hope.

This is what it means to live on. When granted hope, a person uses it as fuel, as a guidepost to life. It is impossible to live without hope.



It's not me but the world that's deranged.

It's not me but the world that's deranged.



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What I want is for the two of us to meet somewhere by chance one day, like, passing on the street, or getting on the same bus.



She lived frugally, but her meals were the only things on which she deliberately spent her money. She never compromised on the quality of her groceries, and drank only good-quality wines.

She lived frugally, but her meals were the only things on which she deliberately spent her money. She never compromised on the quality of her groceries, and drank only good-quality wines.





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