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So many words get lost. They leave the mouth and lose their courage, wandering aimlessly until they are swept into the gutter like dead leaves. On rainy days you can hear their chorus rushing past.

—Nicole Krauss  (via thatkindofwoman)

(Source: dailystendhalnitesaudade, via thatkindofwoman)

Suffering has been stronger than all other teaching, and has taught me to understand what your heart used to be. I have been bent and broken, but - I hope - into a better shape.

—Charles Dickens (via dailystendhalnitesaudade)