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“That double-headed monster of damnation and salvation--Time.”
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“If you splurge, do it on an item that's fun, because you'll feel good whenever you put it on.”
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“It will not out of the flesh that is bred in the bone.”
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“Ah, mastery... what a profoundly satisfying feeling when one finally gets on top of a new set of skills... and then sees the light under the new door those skills can open, even as another door is closing.”
Source : Gail Sheehy (2011). “New Passages: Mapping Your Life Across Time”, p.198, Ballantine Books
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“Tell me then, does love make one a fool or do only fools fall in love?”
Source : Orhan Pamuk (2011). “My Name Is Red”, p.99, Faber & Faber
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“So utterly at variance is Destiny with all the little plans of men.”
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“I will give you three days to seek your shadow. Return to me in the course of that time with a well-fitted shadow, and you shall receive a hearty welcome; otherwise, on the fourth day - remember, on the fourth day - my daughter becomes the wife of another.”
Source : Theodor Storm, Adelbert von Chamisso, Adalbert Stifter (2005). “Famous German Novellas of the 19th Century”, p.63, Mondial
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“I don't know how to relax, that's my problem.”
