Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time.
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Perhaps I am stronger than I think.
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Love is our true destiny. We do not find the meaning of life by ourselves alone-we find it with another.
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Do not look for rest in any pleasure, because you were not created for pleasure you were created for Joy. And if you do not know the difference between pleasure and joy you have not yet begun to live.
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