Broad daylight does not encourage the apprehension of horror.
GUY DE MAUPASSANTBreathing, sleeping, drinking, eating, working, dreaming, everything we do is dying. to live, in fact, is to die.
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A lawful kiss is never worth as much as a stolen one.
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The kiss itself is immortal. It travels from lip to lip, century to century, from age to age. Men and women garner these kisses, offer them to others and then die in turn.
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It is the lives we encounter that make life worth living.
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The past attracts me, the present frightens me, because the future is death.
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To avoid each other, their eyes had developed an amazing mobility with all the cunning of enemies fearful of meeting each other head on.
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You’ve never lived until you’ve almost died. For those who have fought for it, life has a flavor the protected shall never know.
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Anguish of suspense made men even desire the arrival of enemies.
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Abstinence is the worst form of perversion.
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Whatever you want to say, there is only one word to express it, only one verb to give it movement, only one adjective to qualify it.
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Legitimized love always despises its easygoing brother.
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In the East men know panic, but they do not know what fright is.
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Military men are the scourges of the world.
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The great artists are those who impose their personal vision upon humanity.
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The only certainty is death.
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The secret is not to betray your ignorance. Just maneuver, avoid the quicksands and obstacles, and the rest can be found in a dictionary.
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