

“The universe wanted you to celebrate and appreciate your life so every year she gave you a birthday.”
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“Krieg ist Krieg: Er wird von wenigen angezettelt und von vielen gefuehrt, und am Ende verlieren alle.”
― The Offing
― The Offing
“One of two things will happen. Either the dead will defeat the living, in which case all our troubles come to end. Or life will win out. And what then? Don’t fight in the North or the South. Fight every battle everywhere, always. in your mind. Everyone is your enemy, everyone is your friend. Every possible series of events is happening all at once. Live that way and nothing will surprise you. Everything that happens will be something that you’ve seen before.”
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“No, nothing in this world is as oppressive and debilitating as blood ties. Any other relationship � be it friend, lover, wife; be it obligatory or constraining or difficult � is something one has consciously entered into at some point. Only one's ties with parents and siblings are formed at birth and are unbreakable.”
― Three Japanese Short Stories
― Three Japanese Short Stories
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