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“No one knew who to make the subject of judgement, or how to go about it, no one could agree about what should be considered evil and what good”
― Fyodor Dostoevsky, Crime and Punishment

“But if I’ve learned one thing in my short sad life, it is that that particular platitude is a lie. Love doesn’t conquer everything. And whoever thinks it does is a fool.”
― Donna Tartt

“Because I don’t care how often or willingly they say it: no one will ever, ever be able to persuade me that life is some awesome, rewarding treat. Because here’s the truth: life is catastrophe”
― Donna Tartt, The Goldfinch

“It is a happiness to wonder, it is a happiness to dream”
― Edgar Allen Poe