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Simona Tselova
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“Actual happiness always looks pretty squalid in comparison with the overcompensations for misery. And, of course, stability isn't nearly so spectacular as instability. And being contented has none of the glamour of a good fight against misfortune, none of the picturesqueness of a struggle with temptation, or a fatal overthrow by passion or doubt. Happiness is never grand.”
― Brave New World
― Brave New World
“Dignity has no price, when someone starts making small concessions, in the end, life loses all meaning.”
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“I’m afraid that when we die, we end up wherever we always thought we’d end up. If we want to go to heaven, we go to heaven. If we believe in reincarnation, we come back as a baby or an animal or a tree. If we think we’re going to hell, we’ll burn forever, and we’ll never realize that we were the ones to put ourselves there.”
― This Thing Between Us
― This Thing Between Us
“Vocabulary is not the same thing as feeling and plot is light years from the truth as it is understood by the mind and the heart.”
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“Listen, this is my death poem: “Like dew I was born Like dew I vanish Osaka Castle and all that
I have ever done Is but a dream Within a dream.” A last smile, so tender, from the Despot to them and to him. “Guard my son, all of you.” And then the eyes had opaqued forever.”
― Shōgun: The Epic Novel of Japan
I have ever done Is but a dream Within a dream.” A last smile, so tender, from the Despot to them and to him. “Guard my son, all of you.” And then the eyes had opaqued forever.”
― Shōgun: The Epic Novel of Japan
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