“In one of those stars I shall be living. In one of them I shall be laughing. And so it will be as if all the stars were laughing, when you look at the sky at night. And when your sorrow is comforted (time soothes all sorrows) you will be content that you have known me. You will always be my friend...I shall not leave you.”
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“If you want to build a ship, don’t drum up people to collect wood and don’t assign them…”
“Once you are my friend, I am responsible for you.”
“Of course I’ll hurt you. Of course you’ll hurt me. Of course we will hurt each other. But…”
“Of course I love you, it is my fault that you have not known it all the while.”