“I am strong against everything, except against the death of those I love. He who dies gains; he who sees others die loses.”
― The Man in the Iron Mask
― The Man in the Iron Mask
“I don’t think man was meant to attain happiness so easily. Happiness is like those palaces in fairy tales whose gates are guarded by dragons: we must fight in order to conquer it.”
― The Count of Monte Cristo
― The Count of Monte Cristo
“The voice of human nature is nothing but one prolonged cry.”
― The Man in the Iron Mask
― The Man in the Iron Mask
“A person who doubts himself is like a man who would enlist in the ranks of his enemies and bear arms against himself.”
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“Not all those who wander are lost.”
― The Fellowship of the Ring
― The Fellowship of the Ring
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