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“A person does not belong to a place until there is someone dead under the ground.”
― One Hundred Years of Solitude
― One Hundred Years of Solitude
“But also remember: if you have any genuine feelings, hide them like treasure; never let anyone so much as suspect them, or you're lost. Instead of being the executioner, you'll be the victim. And if you ever fall in love, keep that absolutely secret! Never breathe a word until you're completely sure of the person to whom you open your heart. And to protect that love, even before you feel it, learn to despise the world.”
― Le Père Goriot
― Le Père Goriot
“She had that rare virtue of never existing completely except for that opportune moment”
― One Hundred Years of Solitude
― One Hundred Years of Solitude
“It's easy to be a naive idealist. It's easy to be a cynical realist. It's quite another thing to have no illusions and still hold the inner flame.”
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“People who have a creative side and do not live it out are most disagreeable clients. They make a mountain out of a molehill, fuss about unnecessary things, are too passionately in love with somebody who is not worth so much attention, and so on. There is a kind of floating charge of energy in them which is not attached to its right object and therefore tends to apply exaggerated dynamism to the wrong situation.”
― Shadow and Evil in Fairy Tales
― Shadow and Evil in Fairy Tales
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