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Woe to the man whose heart has not learned while young to hope, to love - and to put its trust in life.

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Perhaps life is just that... a dream and a fear.

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No, it is impossible; it is impossible to convey the life-sensation of any given epoch of one’s existence--that which makes its truth, its meaning--it...more

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We live as we dream--alone....

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I saw only the reality of his destiny, which he had knownhow to follow with unfaltering footsteps, that life begun in humblesurroundings, rich in gene...more

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It seems to me I am trying to tell you a dream--making a vain attempt, because no relation of a dream can convey the dream-sensation, that commingling...more

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Over the lives borne from under the shadow of death there seems to fall the shadow of madness.

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There are the girls we love, the men we look up to, the tenderness, the friendships, the opportunities, the pleasures! But the fact remains that you m...more

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And because you not always can keep your eyes shut there comes the real trouble--the heart pain--the world pain. I tell you, my friend, it is not good...more

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There werethings, he said mournfully, that perhaps could never be told, only hehad lived so much alone that sometimes he forgot--he forgot. The lighth...more

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He did not care what the end would be, and in his lucid moments overvalued his indifference. The danger, when not seen, has the imperfect vagueness of...more

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This mournful and restless sound was a fit accompaniment to my meditations.

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Marvellous!" he repeated, looking up at me. "Look! The beauty--but that is nothing--look at the accuracy, the harmony. And so fragile! And so strong! ...more

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All this happened in much less time than it takes to tell, since I am trying to interpret for you into slow speech the instantaneous effect of visual ...more

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Thus ended the first and adventurous part of his existence. What followed was so different that, but for the reality of sorrow which remained with him...more