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The real world—where I probably could never be happy, and never get anywhere.

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That's evolution. Evolution's always hard. Hard and bleak. No such thing as happy evolution

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There had to be something wrong with my life. I should have been born a Yugoslavian shepherd who looked up at the Big Dipper every night.

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Nobody chooses to evolve. It's like floods and avalanches and earthquakes. You never know what's happening until they hit, then it's too late.

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That’s how stories happen — with a turning point, an unexpected twist. There’s only one kind of happiness, but misfortune comes in all shapes and size...more

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I have a million things to talk to you about. All I want in this world is you. I want to see you and talk. I want the two of us to begin everything fr...more

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In his or her own way, everyone I saw before me looked happy. Whether they were really happy or just looked it, I couldn't tell. But they did look hap...more

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With my eyes closed, I would touch a familiar book and draw its fragrance deep inside me. This was enough to make me happy.