“One drinks up a flattering lie in great gulps, whereas a bitter truth one sips drop by drop”

― Denis Diderot, Rameau's Nephew

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“The singing of a man cast away upon a desolate island might be as appropriately considered as evidence of contentment and happiness, as the singing of a slave; the songs of the one and of the other are prompted by the same emotion.”

― Frederick Douglass, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass

“You must be the best judge of your own happiness.”

― Jane Austen, Emma

“money is only a tool. It will take you wherever you wish, but it will not replace you as the driver.”

― Ayn Rand, Atlas Shrugged

“Two things fill the mind with ever new and increasing admiration and awe, the oftener and the more steadily we reflect on them: the starry heavens above and the moral law within.”

― Immanuel Kant, Critique of Practical Reason

“It was very exciting for her, taking his dignity away in the name of love.”

― Kurt Vonnegut, Slaughterhouse-Five

“Don't give in to your fears . . . If you do, you won't be able to talk to your heart.”

― Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist

“The perfect woman, you see, was a working woman; not an idler; not a fine lady; but one who used her hands and her head and her heart for the good of others.”

― Thomas Hardy, Tess of the d'Urbervilles

“Had I been in love, I could not have been more wretchedly blind! But vanity, not love, has been my folly.”

― Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice

“The pleasure of work is open to anyone who can develop some specialised skill, provided that he can get satisfaction from the exercise of his skill without demanding universal applause.”

― Bertrand Russell, The Conquest of Happiness

“Sometimes I feel so—I don’t know—lonely. The kind of helpless feeling when everything you’re used to has been ripped away. Like there’s no more gravity, and I’m left to drift in outer space with no idea where I’m going.”

― Haruki Murakami, Sputnik Sweetheart

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