There were thousands and thousands of forms of joy in the world, but that all were essentially one and the same, namely, the joy of being able to love.
("The Neverending Story")
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Life holds one great but quite commonplace mystery. Though shared by each of us and known to all, seldom rates a second thought. That mystery, which most of us take for granted and never think twice about, is time.Michael Ende
What I've started I must finish. I've gone too far to turn back. Regardless of what may happen, I have to go forward.
Michael Ende
Cemented into the floor beside the windows were a number of tables with such spindly single legs and tiny tops that they looked like toadstools. They were just the right height for grown-up to eat at standing up - which was fortunate, since there were no chairs.
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All the beasts in Howling Forest were safe in their caves, nests, and burrows.
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Those who still think listening isn't an art should see if they can do it half as well.
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Only the right name gives beings and things their reality. A wrong name makes everything unreal. That's what lies do.
Michael Ende
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