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I was exaggerating when I said I thought you hated the piece. What I meant to say was: I thought you hated me. I was hoping you’d persuade me of the opposite—and you did, for a while. Why won’t I believe it tomorrow morning?
“It doesn't always work, but I do my best. See what happens. Go on in any case living.”
― Intermezzo
― Intermezzo
“If everyone fought for their own convictions there would be no war.”
― War and Peace
― War and Peace
“There is more to life than great chess. Okay, great chess is still a part of life, and it can be a very big part, very intense, satisfying, and pleasant to dwell on in the mind's eye: but nonetheless, life contains many things. Life itself, he thinks, every moment of life, is as precious and beautiful as any game of chess ever played, if only you know how to live.”
― Intermezzo
― Intermezzo
“Everything I know, I know because of love.”
― War and Peace
― War and Peace
“I simply want to live; to cause no evil to anyone but myself.”
― War and Peace
― War and Peace
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