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“Only in their dreams can men be truly free. 'Twas always thus, and always thus will be.”
― Dead Poets Society
― Dead Poets Society
“And that sadness is intrinsically part of the fabric of happiness. You can’t have one without the other. Of course, they come in different degrees and quantities. But there is no life where you can be in a state of sheer happiness for ever. And imagining there is just breeds more unhappiness in the life you’re in.”
― The Midnight Library
― The Midnight Library
“And medecine, law, business, engineering, these are noble pursuits and necessary to sustain life. But poetry, beauty, romance, love: these are what we stay alive for.”
― Dead Poets Society
― Dead Poets Society
“Grief, I’ve learned, is really just love. It’s all the love you want to give, but cannot. All that unspent love gathers up in the corners of your eyes, the lump in your throat, and in that hollow part of your chest. Grief is just love with no place to go.”
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“Even though my brain was a mess, what kept my soul whole was the warmth of the hands holding mine on both sides”
― Almond
― Almond
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