“It is grief that develops the powers of the mind.”
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Markus Zusak
3 quotes“He killed himself for wanting to live.”
John Green
2 quotes“All hurt is brain hurt.”
Henrik Ibsen
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Philip K. Dick
2 quotes“Perhaps if you know you are insane then you are not insane. Or you are becoming sane, finally.”
Erich Maria Remarque
2 quotes“We know only that in some strange and melancholy way we have become a waste land. All the same, we are not often sad.”
Lord Byron
2 quotes“Nor ear can hear nor tongue can tell The tortures of that inward hell!”
Jeanette Winterson
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Dalai Lama
2 quotes“The greater the level of calmness of our mind, the greater our peace of mind, the greater our ability to enjoy a happy a...”
Marilyn Monroe
2 quotes“When you're young and healthy you can plan on Monday to commit suicide, and by Wednesday you're laughing again.”
Charles R. Swindoll
2 quotes“Life is 10% what happens to me and 90% how I react to it.”