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“There are instincts for all the encounters of life.”
― Les Misérables
― Les Misérables
“I always think that if an animal likes you, it must mean that you're not a completely wicked person.”
― Before Green Gables
― Before Green Gables
“Every time you take one path, you must live with the memory of the other: of a life left unchosen. Decide as seems best, one course or the other; each way will have its bitter with its sweet.”
― The Girl in the Tower
― The Girl in the Tower
“She had already suffered so much that she reflected with the lugubrious air of an old woman.”
― Les Misérables
― Les Misérables
“It is myself, always myself, myself alone. But, good God! All this egotism. Different forms of egotism, but still egotism! Suppose I should think a little of others? The highest duty is to think of others.”
― Les Misérables
― Les Misérables
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