They went to university because someone, at a time when universities seemed important, said that in order to rise in the world, you had to have a degree. And thus the world was deprived of some excellent gardeners, bakers, antique dealers, sculptors, and writers.


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Life can seem short or life can seem long, depending on how you live it.
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In the first place, you shouldn't believe in promises. The world is full of them: the promises of ri...
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People want to change everything and, at the same time, want it all to remain the same.
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Anyone who loves in the expectation of being loved in return is wasting their time.
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Because you believed I was capable of behaving decently, I did.
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When I had nothing to lose, I had everything. When I stopped being who I am, I found myself.
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Really important meetings are planned by the souls long before the bodies see each other.

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The rain is falling ever harder and all I can hear is the sound of the water. I'm drenched but I can...
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Don’t bother trying to explain your emotions. Live everything as intensely as you can and keep wha...
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I write from my soul. This is the reason that critics don't hurt me, because it is me. If it was...
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The world has a soul and whoever understands that soul can also understand the language of many thin...
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When you were in love, you were capable of learning everything and of knowing things you had never d...
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I know you don't love me. But I'm going to fight for your love. There are some things in life that a...
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What interests me in life is curiosity, challenges, the good fight with its victories and defeats.
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Writing is a solitary experience. I'm extremely superstitious. If I talk about the book or name ...
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The book is a film that takes place in the mind of the reader. That's why we go to movies and say, "...
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The srongest love is the love which is not afraid to show the weakness
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ليست الحرية غياب الالتزامات، إنما القدرة على اختيار ما...
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Free again, but it's just a feeling; freedom is not the absence of commitments, but the ability to c...
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No one should ever ask themselves that: why am I unhappy? The question carries within it the virus t...
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The eyes are the mirror of the soul and reflect everything that seems to be hidden; and like a mirro...
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Your eyes show the strength of your soul.
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Everyone seems to have a clear idea of how other people should lead their lives, but none about his ...
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Defeat is for the valiant. Only they will know the honour of losing and the joy of winning
I a...
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Love doesn't need to be discussed; it has its own voice and speaks for itself.
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No, I'm not mistaken. I know you don't love me. But I'm going to fight for your love. There are some...
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Go and get your things,' he said. 'Dreams mean work.
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The moment we begin to seek love, love begins to seek us. And to save us.
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We will only understand the miracle of life fully when we allow the unexpected to happen.
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All love stories are the same.
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And I began to feel sorry for myself; for so many years, my drawer full of memories had held the sam...
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But he was wrong. Because I had fought with my heart and defeated it long ago. I was certainly not g...
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Pitiful is the person who is afraid of taking risks. Perhaps this person will never be disappointed ...
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That is why I write - to try to turn sadness into longing, solitude into remembrance.
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Wait. This was the first lesson I had learned about love. The day drags along, you make thousands of...
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Joy is sometimes a blessing, but it is often a conquest. Our magic moment help us to change and send...
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It's risky, falling in love."

"I know that," I answered. "I've been in love before. It's ...
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In fairy tales, the princesses kiss the frogs, and the frogs become princes. In real life, the price...
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But love is much like a dam; if you allow a tiny crack to form through which only a trickle of water...
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To love is to lose control.
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Happiness is something that multiplies when it is divided.
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God always offers us a second chance in life.
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Life takes us by surprise and orders us to move toward the unknown -even when we don't want to and w...
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If I must fall, may it be from a high place.
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Love like rain, can nourish from above, drenching couples with a soaking joy. But sometimes under th...
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We can never judge the lives of others, because each person knows only their own pain and renunciati...
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You have to take risks, he said. We will only understand the miracle of life fully when we allow the...
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