“Only to live, to live and live! Life, whatever it may be!”
― Crime and Punishment
― Crime and Punishment
“It is not life that's complicated, it's the struggle to guide and control life.”
― This Side of Paradise
― This Side of Paradise
“To fulfill the dreams of one’s youth; that is the best that can happen to a man. No worldly success can take the place of that.”
― Death Comes for the Archbishop
― Death Comes for the Archbishop
“The mystery of human existence lies not in just staying alive, but in finding something to live for.”
― The Brothers Karamazov
― The Brothers Karamazov
“Midway upon the journey of our life, I found myself within a forest dark, for the straightforward pathway had been lost.”
― The Divine Comedy: Inferno - Purgatorio - Paradiso
― The Divine Comedy: Inferno - Purgatorio - Paradiso
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