Life
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There are always a few such people who demand the utmost of life and yet cannot come to terms with its stupidity and crudeness.
Steppenwolf
And all the voices, all the goals, all the yearnings, all the sorrows, all the pleasures, all the good and evil, all of them together was the world. All of them together was the stream of events, the music of life.
Siddhartha
As we go through life we gradually discover who we are, but the more we discover, the more we lose ourselves.
Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage
Remove everything pointless from an imperfect life and it�d lose even its imperfection.
Sputnik Sweetheart
No one could say how long that life would last. Whatever has form can disappear in an instant.
South of the Border, West of the Sun
Everyone just keeps on disappearing. Some things vanish, like they were cut away. Others fade slowly into the mist. And all that remains is a desert.
South of the Border, West of the Sun
Life is so uncertain: you never know what could happen. One way to deal with that is to keep your pajamas washed.
1Q84
Life is a lot more fragile than we think. So you should treat others in a way that leaves no regrets. Fairly, and if possible, sincerely.
Dance Dance Dance
Life is not like water. Things in life don't necessarily flow over the shortest possible route.
1Q84
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On Anger: "For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
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On Destiny: "Our destiny exercises its influence over us even when, as yet, we have not learned its nature: it is our future that lays down the law of our today."
Human, All Too Human
Human, All Too Human
On Friendship: "A crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love."
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