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Crime and Punishment

by Fyodor Dostoevsky

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Oct 07, 2021 03:37AM

Vishakha’s Quotes

“Always remember that love, much like our faith in God, is the kite we must fly, even on a windless day.”
― Kevin Ansbro, In the Shadow of Time

tags: faith, faith-quotes, life-lessons, life-philosophy, life-quotes, love, love-quotes, partners, partnerships, philosophy

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“All of us who are living are dying. The only ones not dying are the dead.,,To live was to be haunted by the inevitability of one's own decay, and to be dead was to be haunted by the memory of living.”
― Viet Thanh Nguyen, The Sympathizer

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“Love had taken possession of Pablo’s soul, the kind of love that gnaws away at a person’s rationality, that has them stumbling over their words and leaves them frantic with desire.”
― Kevin Ansbro, In the Shadow of Time

tags: adoration, affection, crush, desire, devotion, longing, love, love-at-first-sight, love-quotes, passion

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“I predict that there will be many more like him in the future,” she sighed. “People of privilege speaking heroically on behalf of those with whom they have no intention of mixing.”
― Kevin Ansbro, In the Shadow of Time

tags: disingenuous, do-gooders, fake-people, grandstanding, hypocrisy, hypocrites, poseurs, posturing, virtue-signaling, virtue-signalling

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“Remember that the best medical treatment is a sense of relativism. No matter how badly you might feel, take comfort in knowing there's someone who feels much worse.”
― Viet Thanh Nguyen, The Sympathizer

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