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“I am afraid that we may be raising a generation of young people who will grow up afraid to love, afraid to give themselves completely to another person, because they will have seen how much it hurts to take the risk of loving and have it
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“Once you had put the pieces back together, even though you may look intact, you were never quite the same as you'd been before the fall.”
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“It strikes me that this may be one of the differences between youth and age: when we are young, we invent different futures for ourselves; when we are old, we invent different pasts for others.”
― The Sense of an Ending
― The Sense of an Ending
“I discovered that my obsession for having each thing in the right place, each subject at the right time, each word in the right style, was not the well-deserved reward of an ordered mind but just the opposite: a complete system of pretense invented by me to hide the disorder of my nature. I discovered that I am not disciplined out of virtue but as a reaction to my negligence, that I appear generous in order to conceal my meanness, that I pass myself off as prudent because I am evil-minded, that I am conciliatory in order not to succumb to my repressed rage, that I am punctual only to hide how little I care about other people’s time. I learned, in short, that love is not a condition of the spirit but a sign of the zodiac.”
― Memories of My Melancholy Whores
― Memories of My Melancholy Whores
“i'm sorry she never got her miracle.
she did get her miracle, Landon, her miracle was you.”
― A Walk to Remember
she did get her miracle, Landon, her miracle was you.”
― A Walk to Remember
“You’re wishin’ too much, baby. You gotta stop wearing your wishbone where your backbone oughtta be.”
― Eat, Pray, Love
― Eat, Pray, Love
Ask Paulo Coelho - Tuesday, April 2nd!
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Join us on Tuesday, April 2nd for a special discussion with best selling author Paulo Coelho! Paulo will be discussing his work, including his most re ...more
It's All About Fun
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This group is all about having fun. You can play different types of word games which will I hope be a fun. Come join us and have some fun! :)
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