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“I have always had more dread of a pen, a bottle of ink, and a sheet of paper than of a sword or pistol.”
― The Count of Monte Cristo
― The Count of Monte Cristo
“All human wisdom is contained in these two words - Wait and Hope”
― The Count of Monte Cristo
― The Count of Monte Cristo
“It is a matter of perspective, between opponent and partner… You step to the side and the same person can be either or both or something else entirely.”
― The Night Circus
― The Night Circus
“Life is a storm, my young friend. You will bask in the sunlight one moment, be shattered on the rocks the next. What makes you a man is what you do when that storm comes. You must look into that storm and shout as you did in Rome. Do your worst, for I will do mine! Then the fates will know you as we know you”
― The Count of Monte Cristo
― The Count of Monte Cristo
“There are two ways of seeing: with the body and with the soul. The body's sight can sometimes forget, but the soul remembers forever.”
― The Count of Monte Cristo
― The Count of Monte Cristo
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