Now, even more than the evening before, he could think of no one with whom to compare her. She had become absolute, beyond comparison. She had become decision and fate.

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Our language is primarily for expressing human goodness and beauty.

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Because you cannot see him, God is everywhere.

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A child walked by, rolling a metal hoop that made a sound of autumn.

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The snow on the distant mountains was soft and creamy, as if veiled in a faint smoke.

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People have separated from each other with walls of concrete that blocked the roads to connection and love. and Nature has been defeated in the name of development.

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Does pain go away and leave no trace, then?’ ‘You sometimes even feel sentimental for it.

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I wonder what the retirement age is in the novel business. The day you die.

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A secret, if it's kept, can be sweet and comforting, but once it leaks out it can turn on you with a vengeance.

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And I can't complain. After all, only women are able really to love.

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