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What you really value is what you miss, not what you have.


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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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Be ambitious, Spend time wanting, pursuing, wishing. Chase things with passion. Dream but never let the chase diminish what you already have.

Be ambitious, Spend time wanting, pursuing, wishing. Chase things with passion. Dream but never let the chase diminish what you already have.



God's mill grinds slow but sure.

God's mill grinds slow but sure.



To the extent we push meat a little bit to the side and move vegetables to the center of our diet, we're also going to be a lot healthier.

To the extent we push meat a little bit to the side and move vegetables to the center of our diet, we're also going to be a lot healthier.



I hope that's how it is on every set - or that Teen Wolf goes on forever! Our cast is so honest with each other. There's no drama. There's no judgment. We just click. It's like a family.

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Get out of my way; for I won't stop for you.

Get out of my way; for I won't stop for you.



I can walk through the front door of any factory and out the back and tell you if it's making money or not. I can just tell by the way it's being run and by the spirit of the workers.

I can walk through the front door of any factory and out the back and tell you if it's making money or not. I can just tell by the way it's being run and by the spirit of the workers.



Our ability to make a decision about the declaration is hampered by the British government being reluctant to give us the clarification which we require.

Our ability to make a decision about the declaration is hampered by the British government being reluctant to give us the clarification which we require.



We must have life building, man-making, character-making assimilation of ideas.

We must have life building, man-making, character-making assimilation of ideas.



Complaining is the absolute worst possible thing you could do for your health or your wealth. The worst!

Complaining is the absolute worst possible thing you could do for your health or your wealth. The worst!




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This page presents the quote "What you really value is what you miss, not what you have.". Author of this quote is Jorge Luis Borges. This quote is about values, missing, experience,.