Octavia E. Butler - Sometimes being a friend means mastering the art of timing. There is a time for ...

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Sometimes being a friend means mastering the art of timing. There is a time for silence. A time to let go and allow people to hurl themselves into their own destiny. And a time to prepare to pick up the pieces when it's all over.

Octavia E. Butler

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Deutsche Übersetzung

Ein Freund zu sein bedeutet manchmal, die Kunst des Timings zu beherrschen. Es gibt eine Zeit zum Schweigen. Eine Zeit, loszulassen und den Menschen zu erlauben, sich in ihr eigenes Schicksal zu stürzen. Und eine Zeit, um sich darauf vorzubereiten, die Stücke abzuholen, wenn alles vorbei ist.

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