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“There is the disadvantage of not knowing all languages," said Conseil, "or the disadvantage of not having one universal language.”
― Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea
― Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea

“If only we had the certainty in our strength that we do in our weaknesses and capacity for failure - oh how wonderful life would be”
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“Therefore the misfortune which comes to man as a result of the fact that he was a child is that his freedom was first concealed from him and that all his life he will be nostalgic for the time when he did not know it's exigencies.”
― The Ethics of Ambiguity
― The Ethics of Ambiguity

“My gosh, Nick, why are you so wonderful to me?'
He was supposed to say: You deserve it. I love you.
But he said, 'Because I feel sorry for you.'
'Why?'
'Because every morning you have to wake up and be you.”
― Gone Girl
He was supposed to say: You deserve it. I love you.
But he said, 'Because I feel sorry for you.'
'Why?'
'Because every morning you have to wake up and be you.”
― Gone Girl
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