'Happiness is like a butterfly: the more you chase it, the more it will run away, but if you notice other things around you, it will gently come and sit on your shoulder.'
Henry David Thoreau

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'... In the museum of wax memories
go through the gallery of failed intentions
through the corridor of insincere desires
go through the steps of listless longing
and you will fall into the trap of regret'
Jacques Prévert

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'We don't use the star practically, that's why it tells us more.'

A.B. Šimić, IM

Chihuly at the Bellagio

'I'm alone, but I don't really need anyone. I don't know why, but some people fill empty spaces, while others emphasize my loneliness. In fact, the ones who satisfy me are the ones who let me live the idea I have of them.'

Anaïs Nin

'The soldier is the last link in the evolution of the animal world.'

John Steinbeck

'I can afford to be hated by some people, but I'm not rich enough to give you that luxury myself.'

Charles Dickens

'Some are poor because of vices, and some because of virtues...'

Isidora Sekulić

'Be calm and composed, said the wise old tree
Life may seem long, but time will fly.'

Angie Weiland Crosby

'I wonder who invented the term 'make a living' as a synonym for 'job'? Where is that idiot?'

Alejandra Pizarnik

Happy International Labor Day, May Day
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For topics about philosophy you call writers, for topics about politics you call historians, for topics about women's rights you call men, for topics about abortion you call priests...

The main thing is that everyone would like experts.

'... I can dwell in reality where what I dream is.

I don't know what to do with my feelings.
I don't know what to do with myself when I'm alone.
I want her to say something to wake me up again.'

'Between sleep and waking,
Between me and what is in me
And I doubt it is
An endless river flows...'

Fernando Pessoa

“Loneliness devastates me; society oppresses me.'

Fernando Pessoa

... where Pessoa was walking