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“It’s only after we’ve lost everything that we’re free to do anything.”
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“To love is to suffer. To avoid suffering one must not love. But then one suffers from not loving. Therefore to love is to suffer, not to love is to suffer. To suffer is to suffer. To be happy is to love. To be happy then is to suffer. But suffering makes one unhappy. Therefore, to be unhappy one must love, or love to suffer, or suffer from too much happiness. I hope you’re getting this down.”
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“And once the storm is over you won’t remember how you made it through, how you managed to survive. You won’t even be sure, in fact, whether the storm is really over. But one thing is certain. When you come out of the storm you won’t be the same person who walked in. That’s what this storm’s all about.”
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“‘The strongest love is the love that can demonstrate its fragility. …If my love is real…freedom will conquer jealousy and any pain it causes me, since pain is part of the natural process.’ The danger lies in focusing on that pain, giving it a particular person’s name, and keeping it always present in your thoughts.”
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“All great and precious things are lonely.”