
“I will mourn for you, Verlaine,¡± he began, placing a hand on the journal as if in prayer. ¡°I won¡¯t mourn your death, but your birth. I doubt anyone else will, after all. The only one who¡¯s pained by your birth is you. That¡¯s why you fight. And yet¡I think you¡¯re amazing. You resented having been born, you resented the power that you possessed, and you resented the world. And because of that, you tried to accept this meaningless life. That¡¯s something truly incredible. I don¡¯t have that kind of courage. I wish we could have talked more¡ But it¡¯s already time to say good-bye.”
― ÎĺÀ¥¹¥È¥ì¥¤¥É¥Ã¥°¥¹ STORM BRINGER
― ÎĺÀ¥¹¥È¥ì¥¤¥É¥Ã¥°¥¹ STORM BRINGER

“AI doesn¡¯t create illiterate professionals¡ªcomplacency does. Those who rely on AI without understanding its logic risk becoming spectators rather than thinkers.”
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“And it came to me then. That we were wonderful travelling companions, but in the end no more than lonely lumps of metal
on their own separate orbits. From far off they look like beautiful shooting stars, but in reality they¡¯re nothing more
than prisons, where each of us is locked up alone, going nowhere. When the orbits of these two satellites of ours
happened to cross paths, we could be together. Maybe even open our hearts to each other. But that was only for the briefest
moment. In the next instant we¡¯d be in absolute solitude. Until we burned up and became nothing”
― Sputnik Sweetheart
on their own separate orbits. From far off they look like beautiful shooting stars, but in reality they¡¯re nothing more
than prisons, where each of us is locked up alone, going nowhere. When the orbits of these two satellites of ours
happened to cross paths, we could be together. Maybe even open our hearts to each other. But that was only for the briefest
moment. In the next instant we¡¯d be in absolute solitude. Until we burned up and became nothing”
― Sputnik Sweetheart

“I've never been lonely, just alone. I think people who can't stand being alone are silly. How do they know who they are or what they're like if they're never alone?”
― Marjory Stoneman Douglas: Voice of the River
― Marjory Stoneman Douglas: Voice of the River

“When I was younger all kinds of people talked to me,¡± she said. ¡°Told me all sorts of things. Fascinating stories, beautiful, strange stories. But past a certain point nobody talked to me any more. No one. Not my husband, my child, my friends ¡no one. Like there was nothing left in the world to talk about. Sometimes I feel like my body¡¯s turning invisible, like you can see right through me”
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