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“They dreamed of living in the countryside, out of temptation’s way. They would live a calm and frugal life. They would have a white stone house, on the edge of a village, warm elephant-cord trousers, heavy shoes, anoraks, metal-tipped walking sticks and hats, and every day they would go for long walks in the forest. Then they would come back home, would make tea and toast, like the English do, put big logs on the hearth; they would play a quartet on the gramophone, which they would never tire of hearing, would read the great novels they had never had time to read, would have their friends to stay.”

Book:Things: A Story of the Sixties and A Man Asleep

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Things: A Story of the Sixties and A Man Asleep

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Georges Perec

Georges Perec was a French novelist known for his unique narrative style and profound insights into everyday life. His works often explore themes of memory, identity, and reality, with his most famous works including 'Life: A User's Manual' and 'A Void'. more

“Friendship is just a made up word that we think means: I know you and trust you more than the average person I know. It really means: somewhere in the creation of our destinies we were meant to be the missing piece of each other with a bind unequaled to anything else in the world. We were meant to stay together no matter the physical distance. As long as we can both look up at the night sky and see the same moon we'll always have each other in sight.”

Love Friendship Seperation Distance Relationship

Author:Stephenie C. Walker

“I WANT TO CUT THROUGH THE SPACE THAT SEPERATES US.”

Love Time Us Seperation Where She Went Gayle Forman

Book:Where She Went

Source: Where She Went

“I can't understand why dark northern soldiers and light ones are separated into different brigades. The dead are all buried together in hasty mass graves, bones touching.”

Race Prejudice Equality Dead Seperation Color Of Your Skin

Book:The Surrender Tree: Poems of Cuba's Struggle for Freedom

Source: The Surrender Tree: Poems of Cuba's Struggle for Freedom

“Will you destroy something in order to make it beautiful? Will you avoid something in order to fall in love with it? Will you sacrifice something just so that you get it? Will you maintain distance from someone in order to get him close? We often make these mistakes. Life is short, every second counts, every moment is precious. Live at, live for and live always in present, for thats what you have right now with you, who knows what will tomorrow bring.”