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The most important relationship in your life is the relationship you have with yourself. Because no matter what happens, you will always be with yourself. ↗

— Diane von Furstenberg

#relationships #life

Do not, under any circumstances, belittle a work of fiction by trying to turn it into a carbon copy of real life; what we search for in fiction is not so much reality but the epiphany of truth. ↗

— Azar Nafisi

#reading #life

Life is short, but there is always time enough for courtesy. ↗

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

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I'm going to die with Alexander's hand on my face, Tatiana thought. That is not a bad way to die. I cannot move. I can't get up. Just can't. She closed her eyes and felt herself drifting. Through the haze in front of her she heard Alexander's voice. "Tatiana, I love you. Do you hear me? I love you like I've never loved anyone in my whole life. Now, get up. For me, Tatia. For me, please get up and go take care of your sister. Go on. And I'll take care of you. ↗

— Paullina Simons

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Have you ever hoped for something? And held out for it against all the odds? Until everything you did was ridiculous? ↗

— Ali Shaw

#life #regret #life

Most of what matters in our lives takes place in our absence. ↗

— Salman Rushdie

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My heart is set, as firmly as ever heart of man was set on woman. I have no thought, no view, no hope, in life beyond her; and if you oppose me in this great stake, you take my peace and happiness in your hands, and cast them to the wind. ↗

— Charles Dickens

#true-love #women #life

It takes too much energy to be against something unless it's really important. ↗

— Madeleine L'Engle

#philosophy #wisdom #life

Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player That struts and frets his hour upon the stage And then is heard no more: it is a tale Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, Signifying nothing. ↗

— William Shakespeare

#poetry #villain #life

You will receive everything you need when you stop asking for what you do not need ↗

— Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

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