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“I DO KNOW THAT FOR THE SYMPATHY OF ONE LIVING BEING, I WOULD MAKE PEACE WITH ALL. I HAVE LOVE IN ME THE LIKES OF WHICH YOU CAN SCARCELY IMAGINE AND RAGE THE LIKES OF WHICH YOU WOULD NOT BELIEVE. IF I CANNOT SATISFY THE ONE, I WILL INDULGE THE OTHER.”
― MARY WOLLSTONECRAFT SHELLEY, FRANKENSTEIN | image tagged in frankenstein,literature,gothic,science fiction | made w/ Imgflip meme maker
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“I have wanted to kill myself a hundred times, but somehow I am still in love with life. This ridiculous weakness is perhaps one of our more stupid melancholy propensities, for is there anything more stupid than to be eager to go on carrying a burden which one would gladly throw away, to loathe one’s very being and yet to hold it fast, to fondle the snake that devours us until it has eaten our hearts away?”; ― Voltaire, Candide: or, Optimism | image tagged in voltaire,literature,french | made w/ Imgflip meme maker
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“And he gave it for his opinion, "that whoever could make two ears of corn, or two blades of grass, to grow upon a spot of ground where only one grew before, would deserve better of mankind, and do more essential service to his country, than the whole race of politicians put together.”
― Jonathan Swift, Gulliver's Travels: Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. | image tagged in literature,irish,satire | made w/ Imgflip meme maker
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“Did I request thee, Maker, from my clay
To mould me man? Did I solicit thee
From darkness to promote me?”
― John Milton, Paradise Lost | image tagged in milton,paradise,lost,adam | made w/ Imgflip meme maker
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“To die, to sleep -
To sleep, perchance to dream - ay, there's the rub,
For in this sleep of death what dreams may come...”
― William Shakespeare, Hamlet | image tagged in literature,words,hamlet,william shakespeare,classic,english | made w/ Imgflip meme maker
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