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“The sea only drowns its lovers.”

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Christopher Isherwood is a renowned British novelist known for his profound portrayals of life in London and Berlin during the mid-20th century. His works often explore social change, personal identity, and moral dilemmas. more

“Berlin is a skeleton which aches in the cold: it is my own skeleton aching. I feel in my bones the sharp ache of the frost in the girders of the overhead railway, in the iron-work of balconies, in bridges, tramlines, lamp-standards, latrines. The iron throbs and shrinks, the stone and the bricks ache dully, the plaster is numb.”

Source: The Berlin Stories: The Last of Mr. Norris [and] Goodbye to Berlin

“My brain has no heart, and my heart has no brain. That's why when I speak my mind, I appear heartless and when I do what's in my heart I seem thoughtless.”

Mind Heart Seems Speak Brain My Heart Heartless Earnestness Thoughtlessness

Author:Clarissa Pinkola Estes

“Don't fight your demons. Your demons are here to teach you lessons. Sit down with your demons and have a drink and a chat and learn their names and talk about the burns on their fingers and scratches on their ankles. Some of them are very nice.”

Fighting Names Teach Nice Drink Lessons Fingers Demon Scratches Very Nice Ankles

Author:Charles Bukowski

“If you find someone who makes you smile, who checks up on you often to see if you're okay. Who watches out or you and wants the best for you. Who loves and respects you. Don't let them go. People like that are hard to find.”

People Ifs Want Hard Watches Okay Checks Love And Respect Make You Smile Finding Someone

Author:Franz Kafka

“I am a reader. I am a writer. People assume I do these things to escape. You couldn't be more right. I'm escaping a world I don't like. A world I have no control in. In this world, I am nothing. I am a color, a height, a weight, a number. But in the world of books and writing, I am amazing. I am powerful. I am different. People are better. Worlds are endless. Change is possible. Life is manageable.”

People World Writing Book Different Life Is Powerful Numbers This World Color Reader Weight Assuming Endless Height Different Peoples Escaping Manageable

Author:Philip K. Dick

“Don't lose yourself just because you found somebody.”

Found Loses Losing Yourself Finding Someone

Author:Emma Hewitt

“What you learn from working with other performers and musicians is invaluable, really, and can only help you grow. I mean, if you spend your whole life focusing on yourself, you're not really learning much.”

Ifs Mean Whole Helping Grows Musician Whole Life Performers Invaluable Working With Others Focus On Yourself

Author:Damon Albarn

“I can remember at the age of about six being fascinated by the planets and learning all about Mars and Venus and things.”

I Can Age Remember Planets Six Fascinated Mars Venus

Author:Richard Dawkins

“High school and college were my punk, formative years. I was playing hardcore, learning to be a musician. In bands, you tour, but you're paid nothing; you're playing to 50 people in a basement, sleeping in a van, and you love it.”

People Years School Sleep College Band Musician High School Paid Punk Vans Basements Hardcore Sleeping In Formative Years

Author:Steve Aoki

“Experience is making mistakes and learning from them.”

Mistake Making Mistakes Mistakes And Learning Making Mistakes And Learning From Them

Author:Bill Ackman

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