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“To live for the moment: it sounds so right and so beautiful. But the more I want to, the less I understand what it means.”
― Night Train to Lisbon
― Night Train to Lisbon

“So, the fear of death might be described as the fear of not being able to become whom one had planned to be.”
― Night Train to Lisbon
― Night Train to Lisbon

“It isn't what we say or think that defines us, but what we do.”
― Sense and Sensibility
― Sense and Sensibility

“He's got this thing about Canada. He says it's like America only with health care and no guns, and you can live up to your potential there and not have to worry about what society thinks or about getting sick or getting shot.”
― A Tale for the Time Being
― A Tale for the Time Being

“To burn with desire and keep quiet about it is the greatest punishment we can bring on ourselves.”
― Blood Wedding and Yerma
― Blood Wedding and Yerma
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