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“Sometimes the slightest things change the directions of our lives, the merest breath of a circumstance, a random moment that connects like a meteorite striking the earth. Lives have swiveled and changed direction on the strength of a chance remark.”
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“One need not be a chamber to be haunted.”
― The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson
― The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson
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“Where did you go to, if I may ask?' said Thorin to Gandalf as they rode along.
To look ahead,' said he.
And what brought you back in the nick of time?'
Looking behind,' said he.”
― The Hobbit
To look ahead,' said he.
And what brought you back in the nick of time?'
Looking behind,' said he.”
― The Hobbit
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“It's like Tolstoy said. Happiness is an allegory, unhappiness astory.”
― Kafka on the Shore
― Kafka on the Shore
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