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“Passion has little to do with euphoria and everything to do with patience. It is not about feeling good. It is about endurance. Like patience, passion comes from the same Latin root: pati. It does not mean to flow with exuberance. It means to suffer.”
― Mark Z. Danielewski, House of Leaves

“Because when a guy's a jerk or an asshole, it's easier because you know exactly where you stand.”
― David Levithan, Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist

“I have been bent and broken, but - I hope - into a better shape.”
― Charles Dickens, Great Expectations

“How can I be reasonable? To me our love was everything and you were my whole life. It is not very pleasant to realize that to you it was only an episode.”
― W. Somerset Maugham, The Painted Veil