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“Love can be begged, bought, or received as a gift, one can find it in the street, but one cannot steal it.”
― Hermann Hesse, Siddhartha

“— Съмнявах се в себе си, Рейн. Винаги съм се съмнявала. И може би винаги ще се съмнявам.
— О, херцхен, надявам се, че няма да е така. За мен никога не ще има друга. Само ти. Цял свят го знае от години. Но обясненията в любов не значат нищо. Бих могъл да ти ги повтарям, да крещя дори, без да разсея ни най-малко съмненията ти. Затова не ти говорих за любовта си, Джъстийн; преживявах я. Как можеш да се съмняваш в чувствата на най-верния си поклонник?”
― Colleen McCullough, The Thorn Birds

“It is not true that people stop pursuing dreams because they grow old, they grow old because they stop pursuing dreams.”
― Gabriel García Márquez

“Mothers don't go to heaven when they die. They get special permission from God to stay around a bit longer and watch over their children, no matter what has passed between them in their brief mortal lives.”
― Elif Shafak, Honor

“Whatever happens in your life, no matter how troubling things might seem, do not enter the neighborhood of despair. Even when all doors remain closed, God will open up a new path only for you. Be thankful!”
― Elif Shafak, The Forty Rules of Love

“Няма невъзможна любов . Има непотърсена и неповярвана любов . Има неотвоювана любов , поради "не мога", "не знам" и "не искам". Има отказана и заменена от лесни любови любов , но никога и невъзможна.”
― Елиф Шафак

“Truth breaks the chains of silence." Puri puts a trembling hand to her chest. Her voice drops to a whisper.
"It sets us all free.”
― Ruta Sepetys, The Fountains of Silence

“He doesn’t carry the disease of fear.” “It’s easy to be fearless when you have nothing to lose,” says Julia.”
― Ruta Sepetys, The Fountains of Silence

“... I’m not running around blaming anybody. I’m doing the work.

Which is what, exactly?

Letting it hurt.”
― Ruta Sepetys, The Fountains of Silence

“And so I confess, dear Padre, that I feel confused. Fuga is gone. Taken by a bullet. I should feel guilty and full of fear. But somehow, I feel more connected to my friend and more proud of him than ever. Fuga never compromised. He never apologized for who or what he was. His difficult past was not a burden to him but an inspiration.”
― Ruta Sepetys, The Fountains of Silence

“Some were desperate to remember and others were desperate to forget.”
― Ruta Sepetys, The Fountains of Silence

“The sweet girl in Madrid... It probably wouldn't have worked. The divide was too wide. Memories are hungry, tesoro. You musn't feed them. I'd hate to think that a teenage fling might leave you alone for the rest of your life.”
― Ruta Sepetys, The Fountains of Silence

“... едно е да ти се иска, друго е - да можеш, а пък трето и четвърто - да го направиш.”
― Николай Хайтов, Диви разкази

“Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.”
― Seneca

“Non est ad astra mollis e terris via" - "There is no easy way from the earth to the stars”
― Seneca

“We suffer more often in imagination than in reality”
― Lucius Annaeus Seneca

“Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labor does the body.”
― Lucius Annaeus Seneca

“As is a tale, so is life: not how long it is, but how good it is, is what matters.”
― Seneca

“Forty is a most beautiful age for both men and women. Did you know that in mystic thought forty symbolizes the ascent from one level to a higher one and spiritual awakening? When we mourn we mourn for forty days. When a baby is born it takes
forty days for him to get ready to start life on earth. And when we are in love we need to wait for forty days to be sure of our feelings.
The Flood of Noah lasted forty days, and while the waters destroyed life, they also washed all impurity away and enabled human beings to make a new, fresh start. In Islamic mysticism there are forty degrees between man and God. Likewise, there are four basic stages of consciousness and ten degrees in each, making forty levels in total. Jesus went into the wilderness for forty days and nights. Muhammad was forty years old when he received the call to become a prophet. Buddha meditated under a linden tree for forty days. Not to mention the forty rules of Shams.
You receive a new mission at forty, a new lease on life! You have reached a most auspicious number. Congratulations! And don’t worry about getting old. There are no wrinkles or gray hair strong enough to defy the power of forty!”
― Elif Shafak, The Forty Rules of Love