

“Long is the way and hard, that out of Hell leads up to light.”
― Paradise Lost
― Paradise Lost

“Pain and suffering are always inevitable for a large intelligence and a deep heart. The really great men must, I think, have great sadness on earth.”
― Crime and Punishment
― Crime and Punishment

“I did not bow down to you, I bowed down to all the suffering of humanity.”
― Crime and Punishment
― Crime and Punishment

“You - you alone will have the stars as no one else has them...In one of the stars I shall be living. In one of them I shall be laughing. And so it will be as if all the stars were laughing, when you look at the sky at night...You - only you - will have stars that can laugh.”
― El Principito
― El Principito

“It is difficult and painful for the ear to listen to anything new; we hear strange music badly.”
― Beyond Good And Evil
― Beyond Good And Evil
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