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“He was down and out, the Catholics took him in, and before he knew it, he had faith. So it was gratitude that decided the issue, most likely. Human decisions are terribly simple.”
― The Unbearable Lightness of Being
― The Unbearable Lightness of Being

“But was it love? The feeling of wanting to die beside her was clearly exaggerated: he had seen her only once before in his life! Was it simply the hysteria of a man, who, aware deep down of his inaptitude for love, felt the self-deluding need to simulate it?”
― The Unbearable Lightness of Being
― The Unbearable Lightness of Being

“and she realized that she (her soul) was not at all involved, only her body, her body alone. The body that had betrayed her and that she had sent out into the world among other bodies.”
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“Despite your best efforts, people are going to be hurt when it's time for them to be hurt.”
― Norwegian Wood
― Norwegian Wood

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