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You must promise me. You can't desire the end without desiring the means.'

Ah, but one can, he thought, one can: one can desire the peace of victory without desiring the ravaged towns.
From The Heart of the Matter
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Point me out the happy man and I will point you out either extreme egotism, selfishness, evil -- or else an absolute ignorance.
From The Heart of the Matter
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Nothing in life was as ugly as death.
From The Power and the Glory
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One forgets the dead quite quickly; one doesn't wonder about the dead-what is he doing now, who is he with?
From The Heart of the Matter
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He gave her a bright fake smile; so much of life was a putting off of unhappiness for another time. Nothing was ever lost by delay. He had a dim idea that perhaps if one delayed long enough, things were taken out of one's hands altogether by death.
From The Heart of the Matter
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Ο θάνατος είναι πάντα από μόνος του μια απόδειξη ειλικρίνειας.
From The Comedians
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The sense of unhappiness is so much easier to convey than that of happiness. In misery we seem aware of our own existence, even though it may be in the form of a monstrous egotism: this pain of mine is individual, this nerve that winces belongs to me and to no other. But happiness annihilates us: we lose our identity.
From The End of the Affair
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You must promise me. You can't desire the end without desiring the means.'

Ah, but one can, he thought, one can: one can desire the peace of victory without desiring the ravaged towns.
From The Heart of the Matter
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Point me out the happy man and I will point you out either extreme egotism, selfishness, evil -- or else an absolute ignorance.
From The Heart of the Matter
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Nothing in life was as ugly as death.
From The Power and the Glory
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One forgets the dead quite quickly; one doesn't wonder about the dead-what is he doing now, who is he with?
From The Heart of the Matter
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He gave her a bright fake smile; so much of life was a putting off of unhappiness for another time. Nothing was ever lost by delay. He had a dim idea that perhaps if one delayed long enough, things were taken out of one's hands altogether by death.
From The Heart of the Matter
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Ο θάνατος είναι πάντα από μόνος του μια απόδειξη ειλικρίνειας.
From The Comedians
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The sense of unhappiness is so much easier to convey than that of happiness. In misery we seem aware of our own existence, even though it may be in the form of a monstrous egotism: this pain of mine is individual, this nerve that winces belongs to me and to no other. But happiness annihilates us: we lose our identity.
From The End of the Affair
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You must promise me. You can't desire the end without desiring the means.'

Ah, but one can, he thought, one can: one can desire the peace of victory without desiring the ravaged towns.
From The Heart of the Matter
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Point me out the happy man and I will point you out either extreme egotism, selfishness, evil -- or else an absolute ignorance.
From The Heart of the Matter
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Nothing in life was as ugly as death.
From The Power and the Glory
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One forgets the dead quite quickly; one doesn't wonder about the dead-what is he doing now, who is he with?
From The Heart of the Matter
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He gave her a bright fake smile; so much of life was a putting off of unhappiness for another time. Nothing was ever lost by delay. He had a dim idea that perhaps if one delayed long enough, things were taken out of one's hands altogether by death.
From The Heart of the Matter
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Ο θάνατος είναι πάντα από μόνος του μια απόδειξη ειλικρίνειας.
From The Comedians
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The sense of unhappiness is so much easier to convey than that of happiness. In misery we seem aware of our own existence, even though it may be in the form of a monstrous egotism: this pain of mine is individual, this nerve that winces belongs to me and to no other. But happiness annihilates us: we lose our identity.
From The End of the Affair
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