“You're going to spend infinitely more time being dead than alive, so it's probably best to make peace with it while you can.”
― It's Lonely at the Centre of the Earth
― It's Lonely at the Centre of the Earth
“As long as you continue to say the words “one day”, the dream is not over.”
― What You Are Looking for Is in the Library
― What You Are Looking for Is in the Library
“The days go by more happily when you have something to dream about. It’s not always a bad thing to have a dream, with no plan for ever carrying it out.”
― What You Are Looking for Is in the Library
― What You Are Looking for Is in the Library
“What will I be doing years from now? I don’t have the same kind of burning desire like I used to when all I wanted was to escape to Tokyo, and I don’t feel excited any more about achieving a goal. That all fizzled away, like froth.”
― What You Are Looking for is in the Library
― What You Are Looking for is in the Library
“There’s no guarantee of certainty in anything.”
― What You Are Looking for is in the Library
― What You Are Looking for is in the Library
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