"He, who every morning plans the transactions of the day, and follows that plan, carries a thread that will guide him through a labyrinth of the most b...
Our life dreams the Utopia. Our death achieves the Ideal.
~ Victor Hugo ~
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Our life dreams the Utopia. Our death achieves the Ideal.
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"Life's greatest happiness is to be convinced we are loved.
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"So bring me this man, trembling and shivering from head to foot; let me fall into his arms or down at his knees; he will weep and we shall weep, he wi...
"The supreme happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved; loved for ourselves, or rather in spite of ourselves.
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"A shadow is hard to seize by the throat and dash to the ground.
"On coming out of the chapel, a well can be seen on the left. There are two in this yard. You ask, Why is there no bucket and no pulley to this one? Be...
"He did not seek to efface pain in forgetfulness, he sought to elevate it and to dignify it with hope. He would say, "Be careful how you turn to the de...
"There were corpses here and there and pools of blood. I remember seeing a butterfly flutter up and down that street. Summer does not abdicate.
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