Alexandre Dumas · 644 pages
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“Abbe Faria: Here is your final lesson - do not commit the crime for which you now serve the sentence. God said, Vengeance is mine.
Edmond Dantes: I don't believe in God.
Abbe Faria: It doesn't matter. He believes in you. ”
― Alexandre Dumas, quote from The Count of Monte Cristo, V1
“Celui-la seul qui a eprouve l'extreme infortune est apte a ressentir l'extreme felicite. Il faut avoir voulu mourir pour savoir combien el est bon de vivre.”
― Alexandre Dumas, quote from The Count of Monte Cristo, V1
“... il n'y a ni bonheur ne malheur en ce monde, il y a la comparaison d'un etat a un autre, voila tout.”
― Alexandre Dumas, quote from The Count of Monte Cristo, V1
“Ho l'impressione che l'uomo non possa essere felice così facilmente! La felicità è come quei palazzi delle isole incantate alle cui porte stanno a difesa i draghi: bisogna combattere per conquistarli.”
― Alexandre Dumas, quote from The Count of Monte Cristo, V1
“Човек има приятели не само за да им предложи чаша вино, а да им попречи да се нагълтат с три-четири литра вода.”
― Alexandre Dumas, quote from The Count of Monte Cristo, V1
“Belief made no difference to the truth.”
― Diane Duane, quote from Deep Wizardry
“afternoon and the furniture is all assembled.”
― Elizabeth Chadwick, quote from Lady of the English
“Can we stay faithful and persistent in our fidelity even when things seem not to succeed? I suppose Jesus could have chosen a strategy that worked better (evidence-based outcomes) — that didn't end in the Cross — but he couldn't find a strategy more soaked with fidelity that the one he embraced”
― Gregory Boyle, quote from Tattoos on the Heart: The Power of Boundless Compassion
“She leaned forward and put her arms around me. Sometimes it used to make me prickly when she did that, and I'd turn into a bag of knees and elbows. . .”
― Peter S. Beagle, quote from Tamsin
“I think being so passionate about something is a talent in itself.”
― Hiromu Arakawa, quote from Fullmetal Alchemist, Vol. 3
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