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The Cactus
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And anyway, I told myself, I was tough, already proficient at detaching myself from what was going on around me and stifling any emotional reaction to it.
“All for one and one for all, united we stand divided we fall.”
― The Three Musketeers
― The Three Musketeers
“The end of suffering does not justify the suffering, and so there is no end to suffering,”
― Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
― Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
“I said before, that I have learnt much by guiding others. In the first place I see that all souls have more or less the same battles to fight, and on the other hand, that one soul differs widely from another, so each must be dealt with differently.”
― Story of a Soul: The Autobiography of St. Therese of Lisieux
― Story of a Soul: The Autobiography of St. Therese of Lisieux
“In all her intercourse with society, however, there was nothing that made her feel as if she belonged to it... She stood apart from mortal interests, yet close beside them, like a ghost that revisits the familiar fireside, and can no longer make itself seen or felt.”
― The Scarlet Letter
― The Scarlet Letter
“He—that's Simon Bolivar—was shaken by the overwhelming revelation that the headlong race between his misfortunes and his dreams was at that moment reaching the finish line. The rest was darkness. Damn it," he sighed. "'How will I ever get out of this labyrinth!'
"So what's the labyrinth?" I asked her.
"That's the mystery, isn't it? Is the labyrinth living or dying? Which is he trying to escape—the world or the end of it?”
― Looking for Alaska
"So what's the labyrinth?" I asked her.
"That's the mystery, isn't it? Is the labyrinth living or dying? Which is he trying to escape—the world or the end of it?”
― Looking for Alaska
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