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“Above all, one hideous figure grew as familiar as if it had been before the general gaze from the foundations of the world—the figure of the sharp female called La Guillotine.”
― A Tale of Two Cities
― A Tale of Two Cities
“Losing your life is not the worst thing that can happen. The worst thing is to lose your reason for living.”
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“A sick thought can devour the body's flesh more than fever or consumption.”
― Le Horla et autres contes fantastiques
― Le Horla et autres contes fantastiques
“What is hell? I maintain that it is the suffering of being unable to love.”
― The Brothers Karamazov
― The Brothers Karamazov
“Above all, don't lie to yourself. The man who lies to himself and listens to his own lie comes to a point that he cannot distinguish the truth within him, or around him, and so loses all respect for himself and for others. And having no respect he ceases to love.”
― The Brothers Karamazov
― The Brothers Karamazov
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