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..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 a lost cause anyway because tomorrow always ends up becoming today, don't you see?
Muriel Barbery
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Muriel Barbery
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: May 28
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But the world, in its present state, is no place for princesses.
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I belong to the 8% of the world population who calm their apprehension by drowning it in numbers.
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The real ordeal is not leaving those you love but learning to live without those who don't love you.
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What is writing, no matter how lavish the pieces, if it says nothing of the truth, cares little for the heart, and is merely subservient to the pleasure of showing one's brilliance.
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I may know that the world is an ugly place, I still don't want to see it.
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