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“Love, which exempts no one who's loved from loving.”
― Dante Alighieri, Inferno

“Amor, ch'a nullo amato amar perdona”
― Dante Alighieri, Inferno

“But we consist of everything the world consists of, each of us, and just as our body contains the genealogical table of evolution as far back as the fish and even much further, so we bear everything in our soul that once was alive in the soul of men.”
― Hermann Hesse, Demian: Die Geschichte von Emil Sinclairs Jugend

“All the various brands of soft drinks in plastic bottles and all the pre-packaged lunch deals and confectionery in sealed bags and store-baked pastries - this is it, the culmination of all the labour in the world, all the burning fossil fuels and all the back-breaking work on coffee farms and sugar plantations. All for this! This convenience shop!... It was as if I suddenly remembered that my life was all part of a television show - and every day people died making the show, were ground to death in the most horrific ways, children, women, and all so that I could choose from various lunch options, each packaged in multiple layers of single-use plastic.”
― Sally Rooney, Beautiful World, Where Are You