"Truth is something which can't be told in a few words. Those who simplify the universe only reduce the expansion of its meaning."
-Anais Nin
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"And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.“
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"I stopped loving my father a long time ago. What remained was the slavery to a pattern."
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