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When good befalls a man he calls it Providence, when evil fate.


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In old age we are like a batch of letters that someone has sent. We are no longer in the past, we have arrived.



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But what really matters is not what you believe but the faith and conviction with which you believe.



In my solitude, many miles from men and houses, I am in a childishly happy and carefree state of mind, which you are incapable of understanding unless someone explains it to you

In my solitude, many miles from men and houses, I am in a childishly happy and carefree state of mind, which you are incapable of understanding unless someone explains it to you



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No worse fate can befall a young man or woman than becoming prematurely entrenched in prudence and negation.



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A word can be transformed into a coulour, light, a smell; it is the writer's task to use it in such a way that it serves, never fails, can never be ignored.



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Love is every bit as violent and dangerous as murder.



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But things worked out. Everything works out. Though sometimes they work out sideways.





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