She was the kind of girlfriend God gives you young, so you’ll know loss for the rest of your life.

—  Junot Díaz, The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao

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Be happy for no reason, like a child. If you are happy for a reason, you’re in trouble, because that reason can be taken from you.

—  Deepak Chopra

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You are terrifying and strange and beautiful. Something not everyone knows how to love.

—  Warsan Shire 

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When you give someone your time, you are giving them a portion of your life that you’ll never get back. Your time is your life. That is why the greatest gift you can give someone is your time.

—  Rick Warren, The Purpose Driven Life 

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I wanted to be a star, not a gallery mascot.

—  Jean Michel-Basquiat

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i came into this world covered in someone else’s blood and screaming and lemme tell you i’m not afraid to leave it the same way

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I make dark things beautiful and beautiful things dark.

—  Kerli Koiv

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Desires make slaves out of kings and patience makes kings out of slaves.

—  Imām Ghazālī  

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