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Real life seems to have no plots.


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There are different kinds of wrong. The people sinned against are not always the best.



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My youth is escaping without giving me anything it owes me.



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We can build upon foundations anywhere if they are well and firmly laid.



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As regards plot I find real life no help at all. Real life seems to have no plots. And as I think a plot desirable and almost necessary, I have this extra grudge against life.



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I never know why self-sacrifice is noble. Why is it better to sacrifice oneself than someone else?



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Many people misjudge the permanent effect of sorrow, and their capacity to live in the past.



Appearances are not held to be a clue to the truth,' said his cousin. 'But we seem to have no other.

Appearances are not held to be a clue to the truth,' said his cousin. 'But we seem to have no other.



A plot is like the bones of a person, not interesting like expression, or signs of experience, but the support of the whole.

A plot is like the bones of a person, not interesting like expression, or signs of experience, but the support of the whole.





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