Real loneliness consists not in being alone, but in being with the wrong person, in the suffocating darkness of a room in which no deep communication is possible.
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The best combination of parents consists of a father who is gentle beneath his firmness, and a mother who is firm beneath her gentleness.
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Never let your fears be the boundaries of your dreams. Happiness is a direction, not a place.
Ignorance per se is not nearly as dangerous as ignorance of ignorance.
Regret for the things we did can be tempered by time; it is regret for the things we did not do that is inconsolable.
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Never take the advice of someone who has not had your kind of trouble.
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