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“Pain and suffering are always inevitable for a large intelligence and a deep heart. The really great men must, I think, have great sadness on earth.”
― Crime and Punishment
― Crime and Punishment
“When reason fails, the devil helps!”
― Crime and Punishment
― Crime and Punishment
“He suddenly recalled from Plato's Symposium: People were hermaphrodites until God split then in two, and now all the halves wander the world over seeking one another. Love is the longing for the half of ourselves we have lost.”
― The Unbearable Lightness of Being
― The Unbearable Lightness of Being
“The only way to find true happiness is to risk being completely cut open.”
― Invisible Monsters
― Invisible Monsters
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