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"The prince says that the world will be saved by beauty! And I maintain that the reason he has such playful ideas is that he is in love."
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"You are never to old to set another goal or to dream a new dream."

"Life is the music of your soul, all you need to do is to listen hard."

"Belief driven by determination is one key factor governing whether what you pursue becomes real or not."

"It is not these well-fed long-haired men that I fear, but the pale and the hungry-looking."

"Some men see things as they are and ask why. Others dream things that never were and ask why not."

"Like a new creature, maybe an angel, you have shocked everyone with such beauty."

"Somehow it seems to fill my head with ideas-only I don't exactly know what they are!"

"All characters come from people I know, but after the initial inspiration, I tend to modify the characters so they fit with the story."

"Joy in looking and comprehending is nature's most beautiful gift."

"You'll find that more doors open if you approach them with an open heart rather than a closed mind."
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"But twice-two-makes-four is for all that a most insupportable thing. Twice-two-makes-four is, in my humble opinion, nothing but a piece of impudence. Twice-two-makes-four is a farcical, dressed-up fellow who stands across your path with arms akimbo and spits at you."

"Or perhaps it is because it is so NECESSARY for you to win. It is like a drowning man catching at a straw. You yourself will agree that, unless he were drowning he would not mistake a straw for the trunk of a tree."

"A complete atheist stands on the next-to-last upper step to the most complete faith (he may or may not take that step), while the indifferent one has no faith, apart from a bad fear."

"I want peace; yes, I'd sell the whole world for a farthing, straight off, so long as I was left in peace. Is the world to go to pot, or am I to go without my tea? I say that the world may go to pot for me so long as I always get my tea. Did you know that, or not? Well, anyway, I know that I am a blackguard, a scoundrel, an egoist, a sluggard."

"At first it was simply liking, Nastenka, but now, now !I am just in the same position as you were when you went to him with your bundle. In a worse position than you, Nastenka,because he cared for no one else as you do."

"Whatever distinguishes one lump of flesh from another when we're alive, we're all the same once we're dead. Just used-up shells."

"Grown-up people do not know that a child can give exceedingly good advice even in the most difficult case."

"Suffering and pain are always obligatory for a broad consciousness and a deep heart. Truly great men I think, must feel great sorrow in this world."

"They may all be drunk at my place, but they're all honest, and though we do lie-because I lie, too-in the end we'll lie our way to the truth."
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