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“My main reason for adopting literature as a profession was that, as the author is never seen by his clients, he need not dress respectably.”
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“Life is no brief candle to me. It is a sort of splendid torch which I have got a hold of for the moment, and I want to make it burn as brightly as possible before handing it on to future generations.”
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“This is the true joy in life, the being used for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one; the being thoroughly worn out before you are thrown on the scrap heap; the being a force of Nature instead of a feverish selfish little clod of ailments and grievances complaining that the world will not devote itself to making you happy.”
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“It is nothing to die. It is frightful not to live.”
― Les Misérables
― Les Misérables
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