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“The best remedy for those who are afraid, lonely or unhappy is to go outside, somewhere where they can be quite alone with the heavens, nature and God. Because only then does one feel that all is as it should be and that God wishes to see people happy, amidst the simple beauty of nature. As longs as this exists, and it certainly always will, I know that then there will always be comfort for every sorrow, whatever the circumstances may be. And I firmly believe that nature brings solace in all troubles.”
― Anne Frank, The Diary of a Young Girl

“As soon as a man and woman of almost any age are alone together within four walls it is assumed that anything may happen. Spontaneous combustion, instant fornication, triumph of the senses. What possibilities men and women must see in each other to infer such dangers. Or, believing in the dangers, how often they must think about the possibilities.”
― Alice Munro

“I cannot endure to waste anything so precious as autumnal sunshine by staying in the house."

[Notebook, Oct. 10, 1842]”
― Nathaniel Hawthorne, The American Notebooks: The Centenary Edition

“Every moment happens twice: inside and outside, and they are two different histories.”
― Zadie Smith, White Teeth

“Los japoneses creen que, después de morir, las almas van a un lugar que tiene, digamos, un cupo limitado. Y que cuando se llegue a ese límite, cuando no quede más lugar para las almas, van a empezar a volver a este mundo. Esa vuelta es el anuncio del fin del mundo, en realidad.”
― Mariana Enríquez, Los peligros de fumar en la cama