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A human life is a story told by God.

Hans Christian Andersen

At first she was overjoyed that he would be with her, but then she recalled that human people could not live under the water, and he could only visit her father’s palace as a dead man.
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Dead Father Human Men People
I know what you want. It is very stupid of you, but you shall have your way, and it will bring you to sorrow, my pretty princess. – The sea witch.
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Princess Sea Stupid
The wiser a man becomes, the more he will read, and those who are wisest read most.
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Men Wiser Wisest
Well, yes: people write poems when they are in love, but a wise man will not print them.
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Men Wise Writing
The sun shines upon good and bad alike.
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Bad Good Shining Sun
Just living is not enough… one must have sunshine, freedom, and a little flower.
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Flower Nature Philosophical
Then she saw a star fall, leaving behind it a bright streak of fire. “Someone is dying,” thought the little girl, for her old grandmother, the only one who had ever loved her, and who was now dead, had told her that when a star falls, a soul was going up to God.
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Fall Girl Grandmother Someone Stars
A mermaid has not an immortal soul, nor can she obtain one unless she wins the love of a human being. On the power of another hangs her eternal destiny.
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Destiny Eternal Mermaid Winning
Each time I think that the song is ended … something higher and better begins for me.
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Higher Song Thinking
Don’t ask me how I am! I understand nothing more!
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Ask Me More Understanding
The naive was only a part of my fairy tales; humour was the real salt in them.
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Fairy Tale Real Salt
I cannot bear it longer! Now, I know what it is to have a visit from one’s old thoughts, with what they may bring with them! I have had a visit from mine, and you may be sure it is no pleasant thing in the end; I was at last about to jump down from the drawers.
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Longer Old Pleasant Sure Thoughts
It was clear to me, as I glanced back over my earlier life, that a loving Providence watched over me, that all was directed for me by a higher power.
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Clear Higher Power Providence
Every town, like every man, has its own countenance; they have a common likeness and yet are different; one keeps in his mind all their peculiar touches.
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Different Men Mind Precular
Brave soldier, never fear. Even though your death is near.
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Brave Brave Soldiers Soldier
Happy domestic life is like a beautiful summer’s evening; the heart is filled with peace; and everything around derives a peculiar glory.
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Beautiful Glory Happiness Summer

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