“her deepest enjoyment was to feel the continuity between the movements of her own soul and the agitations of the world.”

― Henry James, The Portrait of a Lady

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“Be great in act, as you have been in thought;”

― William Shakespeare, King John

“the man who regards his own life and that of his fellow-creatures as meaningless is not merely unfortunate but almost disqualified for life.”

― Albert Einstein, The world as I see it

“Most of us spend a good part of our lives in clearing our minds of the notions that sprang up unchecked during our nonage. This is called 'getting our experience.'”

― Honoré de Balzac, Lost Illusions

“It is worse than whipping to be laughed at.”

― John Steinbeck, Tortilla Flat

“It is also a duty owed to yourself, for excessive sorrow prevents improvement or enjoyment, or even the discharge of daily usefulness, without which no man is fit for society.”

― Mary Shelley, Frankenstein

“The United States is not reliable, she would give you a little something, but not much. How could imperialism give you a full meal?”

― Henry Kissinger, On China

“never again use another person's body or emotions as a scratching post for your own unfulfilled yearnings.”

― Elizabeth Gilbert, Eat

“There are times when a leader must move out ahead of the flock, go off in a new direction, confident that he is leading his people the right way.”

― Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom

“I go back to the reading room, where I sink down in the sofa and into the world of The Arabian Nights. Slowly, like a movie fadeout, the real world evaporates. I'm alone, inside the world of the story. My favorite feeling in the world.”

― Haruki Murakami, Kafka on the Shore

“Death was not the opposite of life. It was already here, within my being, it had always been here, and no struggle would permit me to forget that.”

― Haruki Murakami, Norwegian Wood

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