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From Quotes by Muriel Barbery
- People aim for the stars, and they end up like goldfish in a bowl. I wonder if it wouldn't be simpler just to teach children…
- In a split second of eternity, everything is changed, transfigured. A few bars of music, rising from an unfamiliar place, a touch of perfection in…
- I have read so many books. And yet, like most Autodidacts, I am never quite sure of what I have gained from them. There are…
- Don't worry Renee, I won't commit suicide and I won't burn a thing. Because from now on, for you, I'll be searching for those moments…
- If, in our world, there is any chance of becoming the person you haven't yet become...will I know how to seize that chance, turn my…
- As a child I often wondered whether I would be allowed to live such moments- to inhabit the slow, majestic ballet of the snowflakes, to…
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