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Es decir..., lo que yo creo es que el hombre piensa en el significado de la vida porque sabe con certeza que va morir algún día. (...) Nadie sabe lo q...more

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Looking up at [the sky], I think about the October evening world, where 'people' must be going about their lives. Beneath that pale autumn light, they...more

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I feel as if the world is listening for my next thought. But I can't think of anything. Sorry, but I just can't think of anything.

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If something came out of the deal, it couldn’t make things any worse for us than they already were, I thought. But I couldn’t have been more wrong. He...more

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I was dying to have a cat. But they wouldn't let me. My mother hated them. Not once in my life have I managed to get something I really wanted. Not on...more

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Here's what I think, Mr. Wind-Up Bird," said May Kasahara. "Everybody's born with some different thing at the core of their existence. And that thing,...more

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I guess time doesn't flow in order, does it - A, B, C, D? It just sort of goes where it feels like going.

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Unable to sleep after the others had drowsed off, I crawled out of the tent and lay on the ground, looking at the sky. Now and then, a shooting star w...more

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I'll be happy if running and I can grow old together.

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Nobody's going to win all the time. On the highway of life you can't always be in the fast lane.

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The most important thing we ever learn at school is the fact that the most important things can't be learned at school.

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For me- and for everybody else, probably- this is my first experience growing old, and the emotions I'm having, too, are all first-time feelings. If i...more

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It might be a little silly for someone getting to be my age to put this into words, but I just want to make sure I get the facts down clearly : I'm th...more

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I don't think most people would like my personality. There might be a few -- very few, I would imagine- who are impressed by it, but rarely would anyo...more

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Forgive me for stating the obvious, but the world is made up of all kinds of people. Other people have their own value to live by, and the same holds ...more