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"“It’s wonderful to be young, to have dreams, we have so many plans, and then life chastens us.”" — Jan 25, 2026 11:47AM
"“It’s wonderful to be young, to have dreams, we have so many plans, and then life chastens us.”" — Jan 25, 2026 11:47AM
“Sometimes I feel like a caretaker of a museum -- a huge, empty museum where no one ever comes, and I'm watching over it for no one but myself.”
― Pinball, 1973
― Pinball, 1973
“Americans . . . are forever searching for love in forms it never takes, in places it can never be.”
― Cat’s Cradle
― Cat’s Cradle
“... The type of loneliness where you need to keep struggling to accept a situation is fundamentally different than the sort you know you'll get through if you just hang in there”
― In the Miso Soup
― In the Miso Soup
“Parents, teachers, government - they all teach you how to live the dreary, deadening life of a slave, but nobody teaches you how to live normally.”
― In the Miso Soup
― In the Miso Soup
“You may tell a tale that takes up residence in someone's soul, becomes their blood and self and purpose. That tale will move them and drive them and who knows that they might do because of it, because of your words. That is your role, your gift.”
― The Night Circus
― The Night Circus
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