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Beautiful Ruins
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"Beautiful Ruins" Quotes

A young Italian innkeeper's life is forever changed when a beautiful American actress arrives in his small coastal village.

Quotes

The world is divided in two parts: those who look at the world and want to return, and those who look at the world and want to leave.

Jess Walter

perspectivetravel

The simplest thing can break your heart.

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heartbreaksimplicity

We are the beautiful ruins of our own youth.

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youthself-reflection

We are all hungry now.

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hungerdesire

The past is always a rebuke to the present.

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pastpresent

Some stories are like the sky on a clear day; you can see for miles, the world is full of color. These are the stories that last forever.

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storieslasting impact

There is a time for reciting the mistakes of the past, and there is a time for repeating them.

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mistakeslearning

It's not what you do, it's what you should have done.

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regretaction

I am not built for happiness; I am built for suffering.

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happinesssuffering

Never underestimate the pain of a person, because in all honesty, everyone is struggling. Some people are better at hiding it than others.

Jess Walter

painstruggle