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I’m here for only one reason, and that is to die before death comes to get me.
way up
about it because her love always went unrequited
“It’s the downtrodden who will create the world anew!”
Laughter is the wind of the mind and soul—it picks you up and whisks you far away.
I’d push back against the idea that people can use your body as a source of employment and make a living by forcing you to adhere to a certain standard.
today’s day and age hasn’t been able to hook and reel me in.
Why are people born into the world? That’s easy. So they’ll have a story to tell. Some of us die before the story ends, some of us die long after the story has ended, and some of us die right at the very start.
Unease weighs you down, like melancholy or grief. It is an emotion, and an unpleasant one at that.
Everyone writes now. On Facebook, on Twitter, in emails, in their aspirations, whatever they set their sights on. We’re writing the story of our lives.
Everyone was afraid of that girl who swore up a storm.
if you love something, it thrives.
being overly mature is like what happens to a fruit that has over-ripened on the branch and starts to rot.
Time is a key, not a remedy. With it, you can delve into the past and unlock doors that open onto rooms filled with
things you couldn’t otherwise remember.
There is nothing more humiliating, degrading, and dehumanizing than trying, without success, to find work.
The characters don’t have to be anything like yourself as the writer. And as for the story, it doesn’t really have to be based on anything you yourself have experienced.
Writing is like looking in a mirror, but the face we see there isn’t our own. What we write doesn’t actually belong to us as the author. Rather, it comes from the depths of our being.”
The winds of that passion stirred her to life.
young women are dependent on the guidance of others despite the fires of creativity burning within them.
prospect of love that set off a spark within her.
Nature knows how things should be done—it’s people who spoil the game.
sometimes swearing was the only way to get out of certain situations.
the words of one person become like the wind.
The realization that I didn’t need anything filled me with melancholy.
“If your heart is beating in your chest, you have a story. Everything you feel, your life, hopes, dreams, and moments of darkness are all your stories.”
Male violence is like smoke—it seeps in everywhere. And society and the state make it possible for that violence to sink its roots into every home, slowly poisoning women to the point that they are reduced to little more than walking corpses.
Admiration, after all, is nothing more than envy that has been defeated and reined in.
“What is depression? A state of self-resentment.”
love is not for the timid. It demands courage. Love is courage.
we don’t really understand the concept of freedom. We don’t have to be locked up to be imprisoned. In fact, we can be in a state of imprisonment even as we go around, visiting the places we want to see.
Everything that comes from the heart has an innate value that is both literary and long-lasting.
“Being warm is happiness.”
the people who have been hurt the most are the best at hurting others.
a lie can travel halfway around the world before the truth can get its boots on.
writing about the past through other people’s lives. The story of a girl who talks about everyone but herself.”
Which of them was willing to pay the heavier price.
Memories have their own gravity that brings people together.
Being unsure is a nasty feeling. It leaves you out of breath. It suffocates you. That’s why I cast those doubts from my mind.
I was sad because I had been blind to the suffering of the person beside me.
The small, the mundane, have the power to heal.
“Because life isn’t what we experience. It’s how we remember it.”
the mind cannot shake off traces of the past.
“Life exists so that it can be lived, not explained. Otherwise, it’s not life at all.”
“Passionate love is like perfume. In no time at all it wafts away. What really matters is that when two people come together, they grow accustomed to one another, build up a feeling of mutual love, share their secrets, and spend time together.”
