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“Somebody" said Jacques, "your father or mine, should have told us that not many people have ever died of love. But multitudes have perished, and are perishing every hour--and in the oddest places!--for the lack of it.”
― Giovanni’s Room
― Giovanni’s Room
“You can't become a decent horseman until you fall off and get up again, a good number of times.
There's life in a nutshell.”
― Mud, Sweat and Tears
There's life in a nutshell.”
― Mud, Sweat and Tears
“What are you going to do? Everything, is my guess. It will be a little messy, but embrace the mess. It will be complicated, but rejoice in the complications.”
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