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"No peace is possible between the novelist and the agélaste [those who do not laugh]. Never having heard God's laughter, the agélastes are convinced that the truth is obvious, that all men necessarily think the same thing, and that they themselves are exactly what they think they are. But it is precisely in losing the certainty of truth and the unanimous agreement of others that man becomes an individual. The novel is the imaginary paradise of individuals. It is the territory where no one possesses the truth — neither Anna nor Karenin — but where everyone has the right to be understood, both Anna and Karenin."
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"The fact differentiates the fake."
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"My truth could be very different than your truth."
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"All truth is simple... is that not doubly a lie?"
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"The truth can do years of work in seconds."
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"The Scripture is never subjected to one's own interpretations."
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"People only stone a tree that is full of ripe fruit."
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"Science is a careful investigation."
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"The sound of laughter is like the vaulted dome of a temple of happiness."
Happiness
"The physical contact with people who struck and trampled and killed one another seemed far worse to him than a solitary death in the purity of the waters."
Death
"It was the incommunicable scent of this country, its intangible essence, that she had brought along with her to France."
Memory
"A man is responsible for his ignorance."
Responsibility
"When his wife was at his side, she was also in front of him, marking out the horizon of his life. Now the horizon is empty: the view has changed."
Loss
"For Sabina, living in truth, lying neither to ourselves nor to others, was possible only away from the public: the moment someone keeps an eye on what we do, we involuntarily make allowances for that eye, and nothing we do is truthful. Having a public, keeping a public in mind, means living in lies."
Truth
"Happiness is the longing for repetition."
Happiness
"There is a certain part of all of us that lives outside of time. Perhaps we become aware of our age only at exceptional moments and most of the time we are ageless."
Reflection
"What we have not chosen we cannot consider either to our merit or our failure."
Ethics
"You can't measure the mutual affection of two human beings by the number of words they exchange."
Affection
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