

“It's necessary to have wished for death in order to know how good it is to live.”
― The Count of Monte Cristo
― The Count of Monte Cristo

“I opened myself to the gentle indifference of the world.”
― L'Étranger
― L'Étranger

“I was within and without, simultaneously enchanted and repelled by the inexhaustible variety of life.”
― The Great Gatsby
― The Great Gatsby

“Among the Ibo the art of conversation is regarded very highly, and proverbs are the palm-oil with which words are eaten.”
― Things Fall Apart
― Things Fall Apart

“She said that the breath of God was his breath yet though it pass from man to man through all of time.”
― The Road
― The Road
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