"We are like sculptors, constantly carving out of others the image we long for, need, love or desire, often against reality, against their benefit, and always, in the end, a disappointment, because it does not fit them."

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Anais Nin

#Inspirational Quotes #Honesty Quotes #Disappointment Quotes

“What's crazy is living your life according to some book written by someone who couldn't imagine what your life would be like.”
“But then, the flames of a fire are not made less painful by the knowledge that others are burning with you.”

Source : Karen Maitland (2009). “Company of Liars”, p.84, Penguin UK
“And in that Heaven of all their wish, there shall be no more land, say fish”

Source : 'Heaven' (1915)
“Teamwork is not a preference, it is a requirement.”
“I know it's not very masculine to say the moon is beautiful...but it is!”
“You make mistakes. Mistakes don't make you.”
“I don't actually have a lot of discipline. I've worked hard at music. But I feel like you know, I felt like kind of natural at it. I always had a knack for it.”
“The young do not know enough to be prudent, and therefore they attempt the impossible - and achieve it, generation after generation.”

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