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But the world, in its present state, is no place for princesses.

Muriel Barbery

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Muriel Barbery
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: May 28
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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?
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If you want to heal Heal others And smile or weep At this very happy reversal of fate
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The strong ones among humans do nothing. They talk and talk again.
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...we have to surpass ourselves every day, make every day undying. Climb our own personal Everest and do it in such a way that every step is a little bit of eternity. That's what the future is for: to build the present, with real plans, made by living people.
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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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When illness enters a home, not only does it take hold of a body. It also weaves a dark web between hearts, a web where hope is trapped.
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Civilization is the mastery of violence, the triumph, constantly challenged, over the aggressive nature of the primate. For primates we have been and primates we shall remain, however often we learn to find joy in a camellia on moss. This is the very purpose of education.
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