“Is this the destiny of man? Is he only happy before he has acquired his reason or after he has lost it?”
― The Sorrows of Young Werther
― The Sorrows of Young Werther
“I have so much in me, and the feeling for her absorbs it all; I have so much, and without her it all comes to nothing.”
― The Sorrows of Young Werther
― The Sorrows of Young Werther
“What a torment it is to see so much loveliness passing and repassing before us, and yet not dare to lay hold of it!”
― The Sorrows of Young Werther
― The Sorrows of Young Werther
“What is the destiny of man, but to fill up the measure of his sufferings, and to drink his allotted cup of bitterness?”
― The Sorrows of Young Werther
― The Sorrows of Young Werther
“One day," you said to me, "I saw the sunset forty-four times!"
And a little later you added:
"You know-- one loves the sunset, when one is so sad..."
"Were you so sad, then?" I asked, "on the day of the forty-four sunsets?"
But the little prince made no reply.”
― The Little Prince
And a little later you added:
"You know-- one loves the sunset, when one is so sad..."
"Were you so sad, then?" I asked, "on the day of the forty-four sunsets?"
But the little prince made no reply.”
― The Little Prince
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