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Quote by Miguel Angel Ruiz

“If you live in a past dream, you don't enjoy what is happening right now because you will always wish it to be different than it is. There is no time to miss anyone or anything because you are alive. Not enjoying what is happening right now is living in the past and being only half alive. This leads to self pity, suffering and tears.”

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Miguel Angel Ruiz

Miguel Angel Ruiz, born on August 27, 1952, is a renowned Mexican author. His works are known for their profound philosophical insights and unique narrative style, which have won him a wide audience. more

“She wanted to leave, she wanted to lie alone face down on her bed and savor the vile piquancy of the moment, and go back down the lines of branching consequences to the point before the destruction began. She needed to contemplate with eyes closed the full richness of what she had lost, what she had given away, and to anticipate the new regime.”

Moments Eye Wanted Faces Lying Lost Given Lines Needed Bed Consequence Destruction Regimes Contemplating Richness Anticipate

Book:Atonement

Source: Atonement

“If I had grown up in that house I couldn't have loved it more, couldn't have been more familiar with the creak of the swing, or the pattern of the clematis vines on the trellis, or the velvety swell of land as it faded to gray on the horizon . . . . The very colors of the place had seeped into my blood.”

Ifs Has Beens House Blood Land Color Patterns Familiar Horizon Gray Swings Faded Vines

Book:The Secret History

Source: The Secret History

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