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by Lara Taveirne

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“To understand yourself: Is that a discovery or a creation?”
― Pascal Mercier, Night Train to Lisbon

tags: character, honesty, illusions, perception, personality, self-awareness, self-deception, self-image, self-knowledge, understanding

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“Isn't it true that it's not people who meet, but rather the shadows cast by their imaginations?”
― Pascal Mercier, Night Train to Lisbon

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“In the years afterward, I fled whenever somebody began to understand me. That has subsided. But one thing remained: I don't want anybody to understand me completely. I want to go through life unknown. The blindness of others is my safety and my freedom.”
― Pascal Mercier, Night Train to Lisbon

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“Maybe there were no villains in my mother’s story at all. Just men and women, trying to do their best by each other. And failing.”
― John Boyne, The Heart's Invisible Furies

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“Als je hem voor de Nacht Zonder Jazz zou hebben gevraagd waar hij gelukkig van werd, dan zou hij niet goed hebben begrepen hoe relevant die vraag was. Nu wist hij het antwoord: naar bed gaan met Lucy, eten bij Lucy, tv-kijken met Lucy. En misschien zat daar geen toekomst in, maar het was het heden, en daar bestaat het leven uit.”
― Nick Hornby, Just Like You

tags: living-in-the-moment

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