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“You can give without loving, but you can never love without giving. The great acts of love are done by those who are habitually performing small acts of kindness. We pardon to the extent that we love. Love is knowing that even when you are alone, you will never be lonely again. & great happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved. Loved for ourselves. & even loved in spite of ourselves.”
― Les Misérables
― Les Misérables
“Magic never dies. It merely fades away.”
― The Color of Magic
― The Color of Magic
“Every intelligent being, whether it breathes or not, coughs nervously at some time in its life.”
― The Color of Magic
― The Color of Magic
“I’ve seen excitement, and I’ve seen boredom. And boredom was best.”
― The Color of Magic
― The Color of Magic
“Some pirates achieved immortality by great deeds of cruelty or derring-do. Some achieved immortality by amassing great wealth. But the captain had long ago decided that he would, on the whole, prefer to achieve immortality by not dying.”
― The Color of Magic
― The Color of Magic
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