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“Freedom is never free. Anyone who has struggled to be free knows how much it costs.”
― The Cost of Living
― The Cost of Living
“Becoming serious was not the same thing as approaching truth, I sensed, however vaguely.”
― Norwegian Wood
― Norwegian Wood
“Well, she sighed, even if it wasn't reaching me clearly, at least she knew that there was a secret meaning to the things of life. So it was she knew that she occasionally, even if somewhat confusedly, ended up sensing perfection—”
― An Apprenticeship or The Book of Pleasures
― An Apprenticeship or The Book of Pleasures
“Life doesn't require ideals. It requires standards of action.”
― Norwegian Wood
― Norwegian Wood
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