“Happiness is something that multiplies when it is divided.”
Source: By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept
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“… and that, in the end, the most interesting people always leave.”
Source: Eleven Minutes
By The River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept (1994)
Source: By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept
Context: Love is much like a dam: if you allow a tiny crack to form through which only a trickle of water can pass, that trickle will quickly bring down the whole structure, and soon no one will be able to control the force of the current. For when those walls come down, then love takes over, and it no longer matters what is possible or impossible; it doesn't even matter whether we can keep the loved one at our side. To love is to lose control.
Source: Veronika Decides to Die
By The River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept (1994)
Variant: There's nothing deeper than love. In fairy tales, the princesses kiss the frogs, and the frogs become princes. In real life, the princesses kiss princes, and the princes turn into frogs.
Source: By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept
“Be like the fountain that overflows, not like the cistern that merely contains.”
Source: Veronika Decides to Die
“If you want to control someone, all you have to do is to make them feel afraid.”
Variant: Fear again. If you want to control someone, all you have to do is to make them feel afraid.
Source: The Devil and Miss Prym
Source: The Winner Stands Alone
Source: The Devil and Miss Prym
“Reason lost the battle, and all I could do was surrender and accept I was in love.”
Source: The Witch Of Portobello
“Everything you need to know you have learned through your journey.”
Source: The Alchemist