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“Sometimes you think you know someone, but maybe it’s impossible to really know everything about a person, even someone you love.
I don’t know when or where or how, but you have to trust that everything happens exactly the way it’s meant to.”
“I hate that word. Charming. Women should steer clear of men who charm them. If you’re charmed, then you’re under some kind of spell, and women need to stay sharp. Real life isn’t a dream. You have to keep your eyes open. Ears too.”
Your house could be bombed, and you could lose everything you owned in a matter of seconds, but it wouldn’t matter if you still had the people you loved. If they survived, that was all the riches you could ever ask for.
Hitler has made everyone believe they are fighting for what they lost in the last war. He paints a picture of justice and proud, nationalistic vengeance, as if they are defending what belongs to them, what was taken away from them. He’s roused everyone’s anger and patriotism. It’s a dangerous mix.”
Sometimes it’s not easy to talk about things that are painful. It’s easier to just avoid them. To bury the subject.”
don’t worry. Everything will become clear. It always does.”
I wanted to believe in magic. I wanted to believe that in the end, the universe would take care of us, and we would end up exactly where we were meant to be.
life is full of heartbreaks and hardships, and some of them are tragic beyond words. But we all have to find a way to keep going. We need to know that it’ll get easier, and life will be good again.”
“We could all drive ourselves mad thinking about what could have been. But life happens the way it happens, and there’s no point wishing the past was any different. It will always be what it was, and there’s not a damn thing we can do about it.”
