"One day you will wake up and there won't be any more time to do the things you've always wanted. Do it now.

Then I realize that words like "optimism" and "hope" which appear in all those self-help books that claim they'll make us more confident and better to cope with life, are just that: words.
~ Paulo Coelho ~












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