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“Oh, they have robbed me of the hope. My spirit held so dear; They will not let me hear that voice My soul delights to hear.
They will not let me see that face I so delight to see; And they have taken all thy smiles. And all thy love from me.”
― Agnes Grey
They will not let me see that face I so delight to see; And they have taken all thy smiles. And all thy love from me.”
― Agnes Grey
“False. Everything by which you have lived and live now is all a deception, a lie, concealing both life and death from you.”
― The Death of Ivan Ilych
― The Death of Ivan Ilych
“NINA. Your play is very hard to act; there are no living characters in it.
TREPLIEFF. Living characters! Life must be represented not as it is, but as it ought to be; as it appears in dreams.”
― The Seagull
TREPLIEFF. Living characters! Life must be represented not as it is, but as it ought to be; as it appears in dreams.”
― The Seagull
“It is always "Youth, youth," when there is nothing else to be said.”
― The Seagull
― The Seagull
“Dacă pronunți cuvântul MOARTE într-un spital, nimeni nu aude. E sigur că se lasă tăcerea și-apoi se schimbă subiectul.”
― Oscar et la dame rose
― Oscar et la dame rose
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