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“He found that it was easy to make a heroic gesture, but hard to abide by its results.”
― Of Human Bondage
― Of Human Bondage
“It might be that to surrender to happiness was to accept defeat, but it was a defeat better than many victories.”
― Of Human Bondage
― Of Human Bondage
“I began to understand that suffering and disappointments and melancholy are there not to vex us or cheapen us or deprive us of our dignity but to mature and transfigure us.”
― Peter Camenzind
― Peter Camenzind
“I want to be magic. I want to touch the heart of the world and make it smile. I want to be a friend of elves and live in a tree. Or under a hill. I want to marry a moonbeam and hear the stars sing. I don't want to pretend at magic anymore. I want to be magic.”
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“Perhaps we all give the best of our hearts uncritically--to those who hardly think about us in return.”
― The Once and Future King
― The Once and Future King
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