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"He was shaken by an unwelcome insight. Lives did not add as integers. They added as infinities."
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"Let each person decide his or her fate."

"Beauty, love with truth, that is all there is."

"Can any man sacrifice is life for his fellow man?"

"Life cannot be exchange for anything."

"Beauty is the brightness of being."

"The philosophy of a person speaks of what dictates or governs how and what someone believes."

"There are more things in heaven and earth...than are dreamt of by your philosophy."

"Perhaps, if I use my reason in good faith, I may suceed in discovering some ray of probability to lighten me in the dark night of nature. And if this faint dawn which I seek does not come to me, I shall be consoled to think that my ignorance is invincible; that knowledge which is forbidden me is assuredly useless to me; and that the great Being will not punish me for having sought a knowledge of him and failed to obtain it."

"God takes the weak and makes them strong. He takes the vile and makes them clean. He takes the worthless and makes them worthwhile. He takes the sinful and makes them sinless."
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"It's a . . . transcendental act. Making life. . . . 'By this act, I bring one death into the world.' One birth, one death, and all the pain and acts of will between. . . . Our children change us . . . whether they live or not."

"Some prices are just too high, no matter how much you may want the prize. The one thing you can't trade for your heart's desire is your heart."

"That civet-jasmine blend you're wearing tonight absolutely clashes with the third-level formal style of your dress, you know."

"Lord X was a tyrant, not a revolutionary. He wanted to take over the system, not change it."

"Power is better than revenge. Power is a live thing, by which you reach out to grasp the future. Revenge is a dead thing, reaching out from the past to grasp you."

"Don't let fear swallow all your happiness. Don't forget to take joy.' Dag gulped. Both of their grounds were nearly closed. It was Arkady's voice alone that hinted how hard-bought this bit of wisdom might've been, yet the words had been nearly toneless."
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