“No one can be a replacement for another person. That is why, farewells are always difficult.”
Matsuri Hino Japanese manga artist
Source: Vampire Knight, Vol. 1
“No one can be a replacement for another person. That is why, farewells are always difficult.”
Matsuri Hino Japanese manga artist
Source: Vampire Knight, Vol. 1
“Another person's life is that person's life. You can't take responsibility.”
Haruki Murakami book South of the Border, West of the Sun
Source: South of the Border, West of the Sun
“How can we ever judge a human being when he is and he will always be another person”
Max Frisch (1911–1991) Swiss playwright and novelist
Sketchbook 1946-1949
“Parry is a man with a previous life that was so damaged that he had to create another personality.”
Robin Williams (1951–2014) American actor and stand-up comedian
On his role in The Fisher King (1991), as quoted in "Dreams: The Fisher King" (2006) edited by Phil Stubbs http://www.smart.co.uk/dreams/fkprod1.htm <br class="br">Context: Parry is a man with a previous life that was so damaged that he had to create another personality. … It's like post-traumatic stress syndrome: Some people respond to traumatic or tragic events by withdrawal; some even create other personalities. Parry is a creation — somewhat Don Quixote, somewhat Groucho Marx — but he's a creation designed to avoid a past event.
Carol Ryrie Brink book Caddie Woodlawn
Source: Caddie Woodlawn
“Life is difficult. Life is difficult for everyone. No one escapes problems. Its called life.”
John C. Maxwell (1947) American author, speaker and pastor
Book Sometimes you win Sometimes you Learn
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882) American philosopher, essayist, and poet
Variant: It is one of the beautiful compensations of life that no man can sincerely try to help another without helping himself.