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“Being happy or unhappy - is that really the most important thing? Knowing the truth would be a different kind of happiness - a more satisfying kind, I think, even if it turned out to be a sad kind.”
Source : Ira Levin (2011). “This Perfect Day”, p.114, Open Road Media
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“We may learn from children how large a part of our grievances is imaginary. But the pain is just as real.”
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“But the issue is not only life and death but our existence before God and our being judged by him. All of us were sinners before him and worthy of condemnation.”
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“The quicker, the louder, the applause with which another tries to gain you over to his purpose--the bitterer his censure if he miss his aim.”
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“I'm not saying my idea is the one and only idea. We should have other ideas, but the president has not laid down a specific plan as to how he's going to get us to solvency. I do that.”
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“It's punishment to be compelled to do what one doesn't wish.”
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“A game that a lot of critics like is not necessarily a game that enough players like to be able to make back an investment of tens of millions of dollars.”
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“He gave her his heart. She took it and placed it quietly in the pocket of her gown. No one observed what she did.”
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“What happened happened. What's gonna happen, is gonna happen.”
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“Materializations are often best produced in rooms where there are books. I cannot think of any time when materialization was in any way hampered by the presence of books.”
Source : Shirley Jackson (2006). “The Haunting of Hill House”, p.127, Penguin
