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“In making even horizontal and clear inspections we colour and mould according to the wants within us whatever our eyes bring in.”
― Thomas Hardy, Far From the Madding Crowd

“Or maybe there's one thing to say, about the capitalism of the heart, the belief that the essences of life too can be seized or hoarded, that you can corner the market on confidence, stage a hostile takeover of happiness.”
― Rebecca Solnit, A Field Guide to Getting Lost

“I know that men are children who chase away their despair with anger, their fear with love; they respond to the void by building castles and temples. They cling to stories, they shove them in front of them like banners; everyone makes some story his own so as to attach himself to the crowd that shares it.”
― Mathias Énard, Tell Them of Battles, Kings, and Elephants

“She knew nothing, but she had everything that he had lost.”
― Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray