"Life must not be a novel that is given to us, but one that is made by us."

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Source : Novalis (1997). “Novalis: Philosophical Writings”, p.66, SUNY Press

Novalis

#Made Quotes #Given Quotes #Novel Quotes

“I believe that every interaction is an act of fate in some way, that we're meant to interact with them, and it's our job to flesh that out and experience it to the fullest and learn the lessons we're meant to.”

Source : "What Megan Fox Looks for in a Man (and Turtle)". Interview with J. Rentilly, www.menshealth.com. August 8, 2014.
“The dull pain of truth weights my soul, pulling it under. I am left hopelessly awake.”
“I think when you have a band that are so separate and isolated then you have to know each others styles and characters quite well.”
“I don't avoid confrontation, people should know that.”
“May none but honest and wise men ever rule under this roof.”
“If we divested ourselves, once and for all, of all self-will, we would then be in a position of being sure of doing the Will of God, in which the angels find all their delight and men all their happiness.”
“I still don't know where I am going to sleep tomorrow.”
“But it is only in epic tragedies that gloom is unrelieved. In real life tragedy and comedy are so intermingled that when one is most wretched ridiculous things happen to make one laugh in spite of oneself.”

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