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Jump, and you will find out how to unfold your wings as you fall.

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If we listened to our intellect, we'd never have a love affair. We'd never have a friendship. We'd never go into business, because we'd be cynical. We...more

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Stuff your eyes with wonder," he said, "live as if you'd drop dead in ten seconds. See the world. It's more fantastic than any dream made or paid for ...more

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There was her face, like a summer peach, beautiful and warm, and the light of the candles reflected in her dark eyes. [He] held his breath. The entire...more

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That country where it is always turning late in the year. That country where the hills are fog and the rivers are mist; where noons go quickly, dusks ...more

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I know you've heard it a thousand times before. But it's true - hard work pays off. If you want to be good, you have to practice, practice, practice. ...more

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Death loves death, not life. Dying people love to know that others die with them; it is a comfort to learn you are not alone in the kiln, in the grave...more

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I’m the thing you most desire, you represent the thing I least desire, death. It’s just the opposite of love.

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You knew the sweetness of now, now, TONIGHT! who cares for tomorrow, tomorrow is nothing, yesterday is over and done, tonight live, tonight!

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Looking at her in the hospital he had thought, I don't know you, who you are, does it matter if we live or die?

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And they left the mellow light of the dandelion wine and went upstairs to carry out the last few rituals of summer, for they felt that now the final d...more

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You're a hopeless romantic," said Faber. "It would be funny if it were not serious. It's not books you need, it's some of the things that once were in...more

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That's life for you," said MacDunn. "Someone always waiting for someone who never comes home. Always someone loving some thing more than that thing lo...more

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I was only twelve. But I knew how much I loved her. It was that love that comes before all significance of body and morals. It was that love that was ...more