“Love goes very far beyond the physical person of the beloved. It finds its deepest meaning in his spiritual being, his inner self. Whether or not he is actually present, whether or not he is still alive at all, ceases somehow to be of importance.”
― Man's Search for Meaning
― Man's Search for Meaning
“The idea of a teenage Dumbledore was simply odd, like trying to imagine a stupid Hermione or a friendly Blast-Ended Skrewt.”
― Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
― Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
“Man is the only creature that consumes without producing. He does not give milk, he does not lay eggs, he is too weak to pull the plough, he cannot run fast enough to catch rabbits. Yet he is lord of all the animals.”
― Animal Farm
― Animal Farm
“Woe to him who saw no more sense in his life, no aim, no purpose, and therefore no point in carrying on.”
― Man's Search For Ultimate Meaning
― Man's Search For Ultimate Meaning
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