You cannot protect yourself from sadness without protecting yourself from happiness. - Jonathan Safran Foer

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Jonathan Safran Foer

You cannot protect yourself from sadness without protecting yourself from happiness.

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The mistakes I've made are dead to me. But I can't take back the things I never did.

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The only way to overcome sadness is to consume it.

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It was not the feeling of completeness I so needed, but the feeling of not being empty.

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It was one of the best days of my life, a day during which I lived my life and didn't think about my life at all.

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I wanted to tell him so. Find the right words, string them together in the ideal way, knowing that here they would have the best chance of sounding perfect.

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What have I done with my baptism and confirmation? Is Christ really at the center of my life? Do I have time for prayer in my life? Do I live my life as a vocation and mission?

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