"Salzburg... is a mountain town with a rushing river running right through the center, everything in the rain various shades of green and brown."
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"For an adult, eating alone at McDonald's is admitting a kind of defeat."
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"My memory loves you… it asks about you all the time."
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"Sometimes it is the smallest thing that saves us: the weather growing cold, a child's smile, and a cup of excellent coffee."
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"The only two important things in life are real love and being at peace with yourself."
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"Women are always complaining about men's fascination with breasts. But what if men were absolutely indifferent to breasts? What would women do then with these things that serve one function once or twice in a lifetime, and the rest of the time are just in the way?"
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"May this house stand until an ant drinks the ocean and a tortoise circles the world."
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"You have to walk carefully in the beginning of love; the running across fields into your lover's arms can only come later when you're sure they won't laugh if you trip."
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"Learn to wait; invariably either things will change or your heart will."
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"There are people we meet in life who miss being important to us by inches, days, or heartbeats. Another place or time or a different emotional frame of mind and we would willingly fall into their arms; gladly take up their challenge or invitation. But as it is, we encounter them when we are discontent or content and they are not. Whatever they are, we are not and vice versa. Two trains going in different directions that pass for a few powerful moments at full speed, blasting noise and wind but then they are gone. Whatever serious chemistry might have been possible if, isn’t."
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"The fact that I’m silent doesn’t mean I have nothing to say."
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"People who truly love us can be divided into two categories: those who understand us, and those who forgive us our worst sins. Rarely do you find someone capable of both."
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"Sometimes you have to give up on people. Not because you don't care, but because they don't."
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"Dogs are minor angels, and I don't mean that facetiously. They love unconditionally , forgive immediately, are the truest of friends, willing to do anything that makes us happy"
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"If you are a success in life, there are places you must go and pay to be humiliated. It is an unwritten law that human beings must be tormented throughout their lives in one way or another. If you are fortunate enough to have risen to a social level where no one does it to you for free, then you must pay for the service."
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"Yo can always take back the lost parts of yourself if you can find and recognize them."
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"Both young children and old people have a lot of time on their hands. That's probably why they get along so well."
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"How easily we ignore or forget the small kindnesses and considerations in life which are really the only everyday magic we witness on a regular basis. Just think- to make happiness out of nothing more than a few kind words or a generous gesture."
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"Coffee on an airplane always smells bad. Whenever it is served, suddenly the whole cabin stinks of it."
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"Real love is always chaotic. You lose control; you lose perspective. You lose the ability to protect yourself. The greater the love, the greater the chaos. It’s a given and that’s the secret."
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