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Elif
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“Where are the people?” resumed the little prince at last. “It’s a little lonely in the desert…” “It is lonely when you’re among people, too,” said the snake.”
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Antoine de Saint-Exupéry,
The Little Prince
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“Years of love have been forgot, In the hatred of a minute.”
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Edgar Allan Poe,
The Complete Stories and Poems
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“Two possibilities exist: either we are alone in the Universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying.”
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Arthur C. Clarke
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#4
“Lock up your libraries if you like; but there is no gate, no lock, no bolt that you can set upon the freedom of my mind.”
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Virginia Woolf,
A Room of One’s Own
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#5
“You know, one of the tragedies of real life is that there is no background music.”
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Annie Proulx
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#6
“When someone is crying, of course, the noble thing to do is to comfort them. But if someone is trying to hide their tears, it may also be noble to pretend you do not notice them.”
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Lemony Snicket,
Horseradish: Bitter Truths You Can't Avoid
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#7
“All lives end. All hearts are broken. Caring is not an advantage.”
―
Steven Moffat
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#8
“All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.”
―
George Orwell,
Animal Farm
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animal-farm
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#9
“Crocodiles are easy. They try to kill and eat you. People are harder. Sometimes they pretend to be your friend first.”
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Steve Irwin
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#10
“Reality continues to ruin my life.”
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Bill Watterson,
The Complete Calvin and Hobbes
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life
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#11
“Behind this mask there is more than just flesh. Beneath this mask there is an idea... and ideas are bulletproof.”
―
Alan Moore,
V for Vendetta
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