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“In spite of all this [hardship]...she had moments only of languor and depression to hours of occupation and enjoyment. ...here was that elasticity of mind, that disposition to be comforted, that power of turning readily from evil to good, and of finding employment which carried her out of herself.”
― Jane Austen, Persuasion

“Each person has a literature inside them.”
― Anna Deavere Smith

“I pop a beautiful sentence into my mouth and suck it like a fruit drop.”
― Bohumil Hrabal

“Pain and suffering are always inevitable for a large intelligence and a deep heart. The really great men must, I think, have great sadness on earth.”
― Fyodor Dostoevsky, Crime and Punishment