“There is neither happiness nor unhappiness in this world; there is only the comparison of one state with another. Only a man who has felt ultimate despair is capable of feeling ultimate bliss. It is necessary to have wished for death in order to know how good it is to live.....the sum of all human wisdom will be contained in these two words: Wait and Hope.”
― The Count of Monte Cristo
― The Count of Monte Cristo
“You are willing to die, you coward, but not to live.”
― Steppenwolf
― Steppenwolf
“Of all the things I am not very good at, living in the real world is perhaps the most outstanding.”
― I'm a Stranger Here Myself: Notes on Returning to America After Twenty Years Away
― I'm a Stranger Here Myself: Notes on Returning to America After Twenty Years Away
“I could die for you. But I couldn't, and wouldn't, live for you.”
― The Fountainhead
― The Fountainhead
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