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One day, in retrospect, the years of struggle will strike you as the most beautiful.

My love is something valuable to me which I ought not to throw away without reflection.

Libraries store the energy that fuels the imagination. They open up windows to the world and inspire us to explore and achieve, and contribute to improving our quality of life. Libraries change lives for the better.

Because there was a hunger in me to see everything and do everything. I wanted to be everyone I saw. I wasn't enough for me. Can you understand that?

A blank piece of paper is God's way of telling us how hard it is to be God.

To be successful you need friends and to be very successful you need enemies.

Life is like a novel. It's filled with suspense. You have no idea what is going to happen until you turn the page.

There is greatness in doing something you hate for the sake of someone you love.

I look at you and see all the ways a soul can bruise, and I wish I could sink my hands into your flesh and light lanterns along your spine so you know that there's nothing but light when I see you.

I hate seeing poetry in everything I touch. I hate that I can no longer love you without turning you into a metaphor - that it can never be simple as looking at you and saying yes, yes, yes.

Fortune does favor the bold and you'll never know what you're capable of if you don't try.

What would you do if you weren't afraid?