“I told her once I wasn’t good at anything. She told me survival is a talent.”
Susanna Kaysen book Girl, Interrupted
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“A good friend once told me that the problems are like cockroaches. If drawn to light, they'll get scared.”
— Carlos Ruiz Zafón, book Marina
Source: Marina
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