W. G. Sebald Quotes
It is a sore point, because you do have advantages if you have access to more than one language. You also have problems, because on bad days you don't trust yourself, either in your first or your second language, and so you feel like a complete halfwit.
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I was a Girl Scout!
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The enchanting charms of this sublime science reveal only to those who have the courage to go deeply into it.
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Be gentle to all and stern with yourself.
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There is probably no such thing as a good divorce, but clinging to an old idea of how relationships are unraveled can make a bad thing even worse.
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The hardest thing to do is to trust people.
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I come to you defenses down with the trust of a child.
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It is a sore point, because you do have advantages if you have access to more than one language. You also have problems, because on bad days you don't trust yourself, either in your first or your second language, and so you feel like a complete halfwit.
