Happiness is a how; not a what. A talent, not an object.
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What I always hated and detested and cursed above all things was this contentment, this healthiness and comfort, this carefully preserved optimism of the middle classes, this fat and prosperous brood of mediocrity.Hermann Hesse
Paradise is seldom recognized as such until it is considered from the outside.
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Everything becomes a little bit different as soon as it is spoken out loud.
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In this evil year, autumn comes early.
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It is possible for one never to transgress a single law and still be a bastard.
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At the first kiss I felt something melt inside me that hurt in an exquisite way. All my longings, all my dreams and sweet anguish, All the secrets that slept deep within me came awake, Everything was transformed and enchanted, everything made sense.
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