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“His own image; no longer a dark, gray bird, ugly and disagreeable to look at, but a graceful and beautiful swan. To be born in a duck's nest, in a farmyard, is of no consequence to a bird, if it is hatched from a swan's egg.”
― The Ugly Duckling
― The Ugly Duckling
“Now something so sad has hold of us that the breath leaves and we can't even cry.”
― You Get So Alone at Times That it Just Makes Sense
― You Get So Alone at Times That it Just Makes Sense
“She laughed and danced with the thought of death in her heart.”
― The Little Mermaid
― The Little Mermaid
“A mermaid has not an immortal soul, nor can she obtain one unless she wins the love of a human being. On the power of another hangs her eternal destiny.”
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“I know what you want. It is very stupid of you, but you shall have your way, and it will bring you to sorrow, my pretty princess. - The sea witch.”
― The Little Mermaid
― The Little Mermaid
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