Of course I’ll hurt you. Of course you’ll hurt me. Of course we will hurt each other. But this is the very condition of existence. To become spring, means accepting the risk of winter. To become presence, means accepting the risk of absence.

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It is not for us to forecast the future, but to shape it.

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Nothing can match the treasure of common memories, of trials endured together, of quarrels and reconciliations and generous emotions. It is idle, having planted an acorn in the morning, to expect that afternoon to sit in the shade of the oak.

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If you are to be, you must begin by assuming responsibility. You alone are responsible for every moment of your life, for every one of your acts.

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You - you alone will have the stars as no one else has them...In one of the stars I shall be living. In one of them I shall be laughing. And so it will be as if all the stars were laughing, when you look at the sky at night...You - only you - will have stars that can laugh.

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Love does not consist in gazing at each other, but in looking outward together in the same direction.

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War is not an adventure. It is a disease. It is like typhus.

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What makes the desert beautiful is that somewhere it hides a well.

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Attitude is a paintbrush. It colors everything!

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Real love begins where nothing is expected in return.

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