"The really great novel tends to be the exact negative of its author's life."

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"The really great novel tends to be the exact negative of its author's life."

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"The condition you're in at this moment is the product of your previous thoughts, to change your condition, change your thoughts."

Debasish Mridha, American Author

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"And there wasn't anything he wanted to do that he couldn't make time for. What did he have to mope about, really? What more did he want? Love, he could hear Eve saying. Purpose. Love. Purpose. Those are the things that you can't plan for. Those are the things that just happen. And what if they don't happen? Do you spend your whole life pining for them? Waiting to be happy?"

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"Eleanor had never thought about killing herself " ever " but she thought a lot about stopping."

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"The modern meaning of life's end-when does it end? How does it end? How should it end? What is the value of life? How do we measure it?"

Don DeLillo, American Novelist

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"No man enjoys the true taste of life, but he who is ready and willing to quit it."

Seneca, Roman Philosopher

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Karl Schlegel, German Philosopher

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"Her pupils were at once her salvation and her despair. They gave her the means of supporting life, but they made life hardly worth supporting."

P. G. Wodehouse, English Writer

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"The question isn't who will be with me in life, rather how will I create the ending I am proud of?"

Shannon L. Alder, American Author

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"To say something great, you must first stop trying to say something great! Sometimes struggling is an obstacle to reach the target! Flow like a river, calmly, naturally, enjoying the present moment, without thinking of the ocean and finally you will be there!"

Mehmet Murat ildan, Turkish Philosopher

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"If you have never met a woman that would never give up, then you have never met a woman that has seen miracles."

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"Conversation would be vastly improved by the constant use of four simple words: I do not know."

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