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The strong ones among humans do nothing. They talk and talk again.

Muriel Barbery

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Muriel Barbery
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: May 28
Novelist
Screenwriter
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It would be so much better if we could share our insecurity, if we could all venture inside ourselves and realize that green beans and vitamin C, however much they nurture us, cannot save lives, or sustain our souls.
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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 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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..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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In the end, I wonder if the true movement of the world might not be a voice raised in song.
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With the exception of love, friendship and the beauty of Art, I don't see much else that can nurture human life.
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Art is emotion without desire.
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... they have never seen you ... I would recognize you anywhere.
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I know that they're all unhappy because nobody loves the right person the way they should and because they don't understand that it's really their own self that they're mad at.
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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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