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“What is called a reason for living is also an excellent reason for dying.”
― Albert Camus, The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays

“A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies, said Jojen. The man who never reads lives only one.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Dance with Dragons

“The common people pray for rain, healthy children, and a summer that never ends," Ser Jorah told her. "It is no matter to them if the high lords play their game of thrones, so long as they are left in peace." He gave a shrug. "They never are.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones

“I am free and that is why I am lost.”
― Franz Kafka

“Never let your sense of morals prevent you from doing what is right.”
― Isaac Asimov, Foundation

“If there's anything more important than my ego around, I want it caught and shot now.”
― Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy

“I'd far rather be happy than right any day.”
― Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy

“Deep in the human unconscious is a pervasive need for a logical universe that makes sense. But the real universe is always one step beyond logic.”
― Frank Herbert, Dune

“The mystery of life isn't a problem to solve, but a reality to experience.”
― Frank Herbert, Dune

“The Answer to the Great Question... Of Life, the Universe and Everything... Is... Forty-two,' said Deep Thought, with infinite majesty and calm.”
― Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy

“Truth is neither ojectivity nor the balanced view; truth is a selfless subjectivity.”
― Knut Hamsun, Hunger

“Woman is sacred; the woman one loves is holy.”
― Alexandre Dumas, The Count of Monte Cristo

“It's necessary to have wished for death in order to know how good it is to live.”
― Alexandre Dumas, The Count of Monte Cristo

“Now I'd like someone to tell me there is no drama in real life!”
― Alexandre Dumas, The Count of Monte Cristo

“আমি এ জীবনে তিনখানা হিন্দি ছবিও দেখিনি এবং অন্য কোন পাপ করিনি বলে এই পূণ্যের জোরেই স্বর্গে যাবো বলে আশা রাখি। তবে বলা যায়না, সেখানে হয়তো হিন্দী ছবি-ই দেখতে হবে। যদি প্রশ্ন শোধান, সে কি করে হয়? – তুমি হিন্দী ফিলিম বর্জন করার পূণ্যে স্বর্গে গেলে, সেখানে আবার তোমাকে ঐ ‘মাল’ই দেখতে হবে কেন? তবে উত্তরে নিবেদন, কামিনীকাঞ্চনসুরা বর্জন করার জন্য আপনি যখন স্বর্গে যাবেন তখন কি ইন্দ্রসভায় ঐ গুলোরই ছড়াছড়ি দেখতে পাবেননা?”
― Syed Mujtaba Ali, চতুরঙ্গ

“Science is magic that works.”
― Kurt Vonnegut, Cat’s Cradle

“Beware of the man who works hard to learn something, learns it, and finds himself no wiser than before.”
― Kurt Vonnegut, Cat’s Cradle

“The most heartbreakingly beautiful girl I ever hope to see”
― Kurt Vonnegut, Cat’s Cradle

“She broke my heart. I didn't like that much. But that was the price. In this world, you get what you pay for.”
― Kurt Vonnegut, Cat’s Cradle

“I have this disease late at night sometimes, involving alcohol and the telephone.”
― Kurt Vonnegut Jr., Slaughterhouse-Five