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Up Quotes by Muriel Barbery
- Entrusting one's life is not the same as opening up one's soul.
- 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…
- ...This is the first time I have met someone who seeks out people and who sees beyond...We never look beyond our assumptions and, what's worse,…
- ..if you dread tomorrow, it's because you don't know how to build the present, you tell yourself you can deal with it tomorrow, and it's…
- In our world, that's the way you live your grown-up life: you must constantly rebuild your identity as an adult, the way it's been put…
- We never look beyond our assumptions and what's worse, we have given up trying to meet others; we just meet ourselves.
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