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“People can't, unhappily, invent their mooring posts, their lovers and their friends, anymore than they can invent their parents. Life gives these and also takes them away and the great difficulty is to say Yes to life.”
― Giovanni’s Room
― Giovanni’s Room
“She is a friend of my mind. She gather me, man. The pieces I am, she gather them and give them back to me in all the right order.”
― Beloved
― Beloved
“Nobody wants to be here and nobody wants to leave.”
― The Road
― The Road
“Nothing thicker than a knife's blade separates happiness from melancholy.”
― Orlando
― Orlando
“A small man can be just as exhausted as a great man.”
― Death of a Salesman: Text and Criticism
― Death of a Salesman: Text and Criticism
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