Don’t spend time beating on a wall, hoping to transform it into a door
Coco Chanel
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Jane Birkin, Serge Gainsbourg and their daughter Charlotte on Compton Beach (1971)
Fernando Pessoa, A Little Larger Than the Entire Universe: Selected Poems
“The greatest suffering does not come from living in mirages, but from awakening. There is no greater pain than awakening from a dream, the deep crying over the dying selves.”
— Anais Nin, Mirages: The Unexpurgated Diary of Anais Nin, 1939-1947
“There is sadness for the dying selves that must be killed for the sake of the new ones.”
— Anais Nin, Mirages: The Unexpurgated Diary of Anais Nin, 1939-1947
“It’s a most distressing affliction to have a sentimental heart and a skeptical mind.”
— Nagulb Mahfouz, Sugar Street
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