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I was always stuck between feelings of inferiority and superiority.

all happiness is alike, but each pain is painful in its own way.

Principles and logic didn’t give birth to reality. Reality came first, and the principles and logic followed.

The pursuer’s blind spot is that he never thinks he’s being pursued

From one angle she looked demonic, from a different angle comic.

. It’s no fun growing old, no fun at all.

a coward when it comes to matters of the heart. That is my fatal flaw.

Tolstoy’s famous line, all happiness is alike, but each pain is painful in its own way. I wouldn’t go so far, though, as to say you savor it.

Knowledge and ability were tools, not things to show off.

imaginary one has grown obscure. There are two moons in the sky now. These, too, were brought over from the world of fiction.”