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    07 October 2009
    “Once the realization is accepted that even between the closest human beings infinite distances continue, a wonderful living side by side can grow, if they succeed in loving the distance between them which makes it possible for each to see the other whole against the sky.”
    Rainer Maria Rilke

    distance relationship friendship love

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    31 August 2009
    “Laughter gives us distance. It allows us to step back from an event, deal with it and then move on.”
    Bob Newhart

    moving on laughter distance

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    02 July 2009
    “…I have this strange feeling that I’m not myself anymore. It’s hard to put into words, but I guess it’s like I was fast asleep, and someone came, disassembled me, and hurriedly put me back together again. That sort of feeling.”
    Haruki Murakami, Sputnik Sweetheart

    book distance self detachment