“Be happy, noble heart, be blessed for all the good thou hast done and wilt do hereafter, and let my gratitude remain in obscurity like your good deeds.”
― The Count of Monte Cristo
― The Count of Monte Cristo
“All human wisdom is contained in these two words - Wait and Hope”
― The Count of Monte Cristo
― The Count of Monte Cristo
“Return to the world still more brilliant because of your former sorrows.”
― The Count of Monte Cristo
― The Count of Monte Cristo
“For me, love is something else entirely. It’s beyond all logic and impossible to describe or define. It’s one thing to like someone. To be consumed, body and soul, by desire is quite another. That’s what love is to me — desire that’s all-consuming. Desire that’s impossible to resist!”
― Madonna in a Fur Coat
― Madonna in a Fur Coat
“Live, for a day will come when you will be happy and bless life”
― The Count of Monte Cristo
― The Count of Monte Cristo
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