Revenge: it's a dream of flames fueled by scorched remains that are lit to a torch and brought back upon the one who burned you.
Basically, being alive means keeping yourself ready for the sky to fall in on you at any time. If you start from the assumption that existence is only an ordeal, a test we have to pass, then you__e equipped to deal with its sorrows and its surprises. If you persist in expecting it to give you something it can__ give, that just proves that you haven__ understood anything. Take things as they come; don__ turn them into a drama. You__e not piloting the ship, you__e following the course of your destiny.
Swallows of Kabul
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Basically, being alive means keeping yourself ready for the sky to fall in on you at any time. If you start from the assumption that existence is only an ordeal, a test we have to pass, then you__e equipped to deal with its sorrows and its surprises. If you persist in expecting it to give you something it can__ give, that just proves that you haven__ understood anything. Take things as they come; don__ turn them into a drama. You__e not piloting the ship, you__e following the course of your destiny.
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