"Life can only be understood backwards but it must be lived forwards."
-Soren Kierkegaard
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"What is a poet? An unhappy person who conceals profound anguish in his heart but whose lips are so formed that as sighs and cries pass over them they sound like beautiful music.“
-Soren Kierkegaard
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"Don't forget to love yourself."
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