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“Nothing chills the heart like symmetry, for symmetry is ennui and ennui is at the heart of grief.”
― Les Misérables
― Les Misérables
“What a daft little bitch.”
― The House in the Cerulean Sea
― The House in the Cerulean Sea
“There is nothing in the world more difficult than candor, and nothing easier than flattery.”
― Crime and Punishment
― Crime and Punishment
“Don't think for a minute that your friends will telephone you every evening, as they ought to, in order to find out if this doesn't happen to be the evening when you are deciding to commit suicide, or simply whether you don't need company, whether you are not in the mood to go out. No, don't worry, they'll ring up the evening you are not alone, when life is beautiful.”
― The Fall
― The Fall
“Ultimately, saying that you don't care about privacy because you have nothing to hide is no different from saying you don't care about freedom of speech because you have nothing to say.”
― Permanent Record
― Permanent Record
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