"To die of yearning for something you will never experience"

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Alessandro Baricco

#Yearning Quotes

“Find the love you seek, by first finding the love within yourself. Learn to rest in that place within you that is your true home.”
“I am fat, lazy and kind.”
“A lot of things in life seem impossible until it's done. Don't be afraid to attempt the impossible.”
“Come and see us if you feel like it,' she said. 'I always expect people to ask themselves. Life is too short to send out invitations.”
“All one can really leave one's children is what's inside their heads. Education, in other words, and not earthly possessions, is the ultimate legacy, the only thing that cannot be taken away.”
“The increase in accidents is disappointing. But the decrease in total fatalities is a hopeful sign.”
“Karta (The Creator) and Karim (The beneficient) are the names of the same God. Razak (The provider) and Rahim (The merciful) are also the names given to Him. Let no man in his error wrangle over differences in names. Worship the One God who is the Lord of all. Know that his form is one and He is the One light diffused in all.”
“Do not discount the psychic warmth of the hive.”

Source : Chang-rae Lee (2014). “On Such a Full Sea: A Novel”, p.32, Penguin

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