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People only disappear when they have somewhere to go

... deep down nobody is bad, only frightened.

I don't belong to any side. What's more, I think flags are nothing but painted rags that represent rancid emotions. Just seeing someone wrapped up in one of them, spewing out hymns, badges and speeches, gives me the runs. I've always thought that anyone who needs to join a herd so badly must be a bit of a sheep himself

Destiny doesn't do home visits... you have to go for it yourself.

Envy is the religion of the mediocre

Remember me, even if it's only in a corner and secretly. Don't let me go.

A good friend once told me that the problems are like cockroaches. If drawn to light, they'll get scared.

If people thought a quarter of what they speak, this world would be heaven.

I wandered off, walking through streets that seemed emptier than ever, thinking that if I didn't stop, if I kept on walking, I wouldn't notice that the world I thought I knew was no longer there.

That book taught me that by reading, I could live more intensely. It could give me back the sight I had lost. For that reason alone, a book that didn't matter to anyone changed my life.

A good liar knows that the most efficient lie is always a truth that has had a key piece removed from it.

There are times and places where not to be anyone is more honourable than to be someone.

The world's very small when you don't have anywhere to go.

Madmen always think it's the others who are mad.

I think today will be the day. Today our luck will change,' I proclaimed on the wings of the first coffee of the day, pure optimism in a liquid state.

Sometimes feeling and thinking are one and the same.

Truth is, only the useless get to the top in this country.

While you're working, you don't have to look life in the eye.

Where he had failed, I would triumph. Where he had lost his way, I would find the path out of the labyrinth.

In principle I'm an atheist, although in fact I have a lot of faith

One mustn't dream of one's future; one must earn it.

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