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October 9 - October 12, 2025
Life is about understanding opportunities. Understanding how rarely they come along, and then rising to meet them when they do.
“Everyone wants to feel special, but nobody wants to feel different,” says Bogdan.
Routine is the spy’s greatest enemy.
That chaos is where you are able to hide yourself.”
“Humans can’t be fixed,” says Ibrahim. “We’re not lawnmowers. I wish we were.”
Very few things are so important you would risk your life for them, but all sorts of things are important enough to risk somebody else’s life.
“In therapy you must never waste a crisis.”
People drift in and out of your life, and, when you are younger, you know you will see them again. But now every old friend is a miracle.
If life ever seems too complicated, if you think no one can help, sometimes the right person to turn to is an eight-year-old.
“It’s the people, in the end, isn’t it?” says Viktor. “It’s always the people. You can move halfway around the world to find your perfect life, move to Australia if you like, but it always comes down to the people you meet.”
You keep swimming, Joyce. You keep swimming, my beautiful friend. You keep your head above the water for as long as you can.
