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“Always say yes to new things,” Ada said. “It’s the only way you’ll be able to write about life—if you actually go out and live it.”
“The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes.”
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“Pain and suffering are always inevitable for a large intelligence and a deep heart. The really great men must, I think, have great sadness on earth.”
― Crime and Punishment
― Crime and Punishment
“Never wrestle with pigs. You both get dirty and the pig likes it.”
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“If you only read the books that everyone else is reading, you can only think what everyone else is thinking.”
― Norwegian Wood
― Norwegian Wood
“If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.”
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