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‘No matter what they wish for, no matter how far they go, people can never be anything but themselves. That’s all.’


“Maybe i´ll want to run again, and again, and eventually i´ll end up back by those old tracks, because there is nowhere left to go. Maybe. Maybe not. You have to take the risk, don´t you?”
― The Girl on the Train
― The Girl on the Train

“Life takes place on so many different levels it is impossible to imagine them all. There are seven billion people on earth. That’s seven billion different views of the world, seven billion truths, seven billion autonomous thoughts.”
― 720 Heartbeats
― 720 Heartbeats

“We are like chess players who are trying to predict the opponent’s future moves, but in this case, we are dealing with life itself. True masters do not play the game on a single chessboard, but on multiple chessboards at the same time. And what’s the difference between grandmasters and masters? Surprises. The moves that cannot be predicted by the opponent. Life can play a simultaneous game with seven billion people at the same time and it can take each and every one of us by surprise. And we still believe we are capable of winning, because we can predict three of four moves ahead. We are insignificant.”
― 720 Heartbeats
― 720 Heartbeats

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