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“Nobody has the right to remove any single experience from another. Life and death are promised. We have a right to pain.”
― East of Eden
― East of Eden
“She was the amoureuse of all the novels, the heroine of all the plays, the vague “she” of all the poetry books.”
― Madame Bovary
― Madame Bovary
“I could be held back just by being needed. Please try not to need me. That's the worst bait of all to a lonely man.”
― East of Eden
― East of Eden
“He's more myself than I am. Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same. If all else perished, and he remained, I should still continue to be; and if all else remained, and he were annihilated, the universe would turn to a mighty stranger.”
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“And I feel that I am a man. And I feel that a man is a very important thing - maybe more important than a star. This is not theology. I have no bent toward gods. But I have a new love for that glittering instrument, the human soul. It is a lovely and unique thing in the universe. It is always attacked and never destroyed - because 'thou mayest'.”
― East of Eden
― East of Eden
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