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“… My dear daughter… Don’t expect anything… Don’t rely on anything. That’s the secret of life… Every time you tell yourself, ‘Maybe it’ll be different this time,’ the world will whisper to you, ‘It’s no different this time either.’ Being fooled once is an experience. While it’s a tragedy to be deceived twice, being fooled three times is comedy.
“…You are a noble. Be careful not to let your life become someone else’s comedy. Don’t give yourself three chances…Two. Two wounds are enough to be remembered forever. Those old kings commemorated their deaths before they died. Don’t repeat their foolishness by building monuments in the desert, my dear daughter.
“…If you still want to entrust yourself to the world, remember: you aren’t lending your life to people. Don’t try to be someone’s debtor. Give without expecting to get it back. Give it all. Forgive people for holding a carnival on your corpse. Give them your hair, fingers, and everything else. From your purest sacrifice to your most innocent joy and purest hope, they will glut themselves on everything you have.
“…Leave nothing behind in this world. Nothing.”
With those words, her mother died. Her body was cremated afterward.
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The basement was quiet.
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