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"Wellsted will remember this moment for the rest of his life. It is the first time he desires something for himself that is not dedicated to his own advancement. It is the moment he falls in love."

"A humanitarian seldom makes a good lover. For a lover's world revolves around their lover, while a humanitarian's world revolves around the world."

"Were I to fall in love, indeed, it would be a different thing! but I have never been in love; it is not my way, or my nature; and I do not think I ever shall. And, without love, I am sure I should be a fool to change such a situation as mine."

"How'd you know he was the one?""I didn't know. I don't think either of us knew."Heather rolled her eyes. "Neal knew - he proposed to you.""It's not like that," Georgie said. "You'll see. It's more like you meet someone, and you fall in love, and you hope that that person is the one - and then at some point, you have to put down your chips. You just have to make a commitment and hope that you're right."

"No work or love will flourish out of guilt, fear, or hollowness of heart, just as no valid plans for the future can be made by those who have no capacity for living now."
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"I didn't make any money from my writing until much later. I published about 80 stories for nothing. I spent on literature."

"Winning Nobel imposed on me a lifestyle to which I am not used and which I would not have preferred."

"There are no heroes in most of my stories. I look at our society with a critical eye and find nothing extraordinary in the people I see."

"You can tell whether a man is clever by his answers. You can tell whether a man is wise by his questions."

"My countrymen have the right to shake my hand and talk to me if they so wish. Don't forget that their support and their reading of my works is what brought me the Nobel prize."

"We used the Western style to express our own themes and stories. But don't forget that our heritage includes The Thousand and One Nights."
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