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It takes time for the absent to assume their true shape in our thoughts.
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We only do well the things we like doing.
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As for an authentic villain, the real thing, the absolute, the artist, one rarely meets him even once in a lifetime. The ordinary bad hat is always in part a decent fellow.
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What a wonderful life I've had! I only wish I'd realized it sooner.
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That lovely voice; how I should weep for joy if I could hear it now!
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On this narrow planet, we have only the choice between two unknown worlds. One of them tempts us - ah! what a dream, to live in that! - the other stifles us at the first breath.
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Writing only leads to more writing.
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At sixty-three years of age, less a quarter, one still has plans.