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Solitude is the playfield of Satan.

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Why not leave their private sorrows to people? Is sorrow not, one asks, the only thing in the world people really possess?

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A toothache will cost a battle, a drizzle cancel an insurrection.

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The compensation for a death sentence is knowledge of the exact hour when one is to die. A great luxury, but one that is well earned.

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It's a short walk from the hallelujah to the hoot.

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A toothache will cost a battle, a drizzle cancel an insurrection.

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Our existence is but a brief crack of light between two eternities of darkness.

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Why should I tolerate a perfect stranger at the bedside of my mind?

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... our existence is but a crack of light between two eternities of darkness.

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Wisdom Quote

Before God we are all equally wise-equally foolish.

- Albert Einstein

Love Quote

One is loved because one is loved. No reason is needed for loving.

- Paulo Coelho

Life Quote

Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans.

- John Lennon

Life Quote

Life is very short, and there's no time for fussing and fighting my friends.

- John Lennon

Sad Quote

Everyone is a moon and has a dark side which he never shows to anybody.

- Mark Twain

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