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Anna Karenina

by Leo Tolstoy

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“In our nature, however, there is a provision, alike marvelous and merciful, that the sufferer should never know the intensity of what he endures by its present torture, but chiefly by the pang that rankles after it.”
― Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter

tags: suffering-life

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“This may be the most complicated thing about being human: acknowledging our mistakes doesn’t mean drawing a line under them; as long as we’re still drawing breath, we’ll keep facing new tests, and we’ll have moments of weakness.”
― Zhang Yueran, Cocoon

tags: life-lessons

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“We’re born kind, but it slips away as we age. Remember how fervently we searched for the truth when we were kids?”
― Zhang Yueran, Cocoon

tags: childhood, innocence

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“If the gods deal you a terrible hand, all you can do is play it as best you can.”
― Zhang Yueran, Cocoon

tags: fate, hardship, life-lessons

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