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One is never alone with a book...

One is never alone with a book nearby, don't you agree? Every page reminds us of a day that has passed and makes us relive the emotions that filled it. Happy hours underlined in red pencil, dark ones in black...

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Centuries of make-up that can ...

Centuries of make-up that can be smudged by emotion have taught women to control their feelings.

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Of all the universal lies she ...

Of all the universal lies she accepted unquestioningly, the happy ending was the most absurd. The hero and heroine lived happily ever after, and the ending seemed indisputable, definitive. No questions asked about how long love or happiness lasts in that 'forever' that can be divided into lifetimes, years, months. Even days

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What about the future?' 'We'...

What about the future?' 'We'll talk about the future when it gets here.

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She loves you, loathes you, tr...

She loves you, loathes you, treats you well, then ill. Like a leech or a surgeon's knife, she's double-edged: sometimes she'll cure, but sometimes she will kill.

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Later, with time, I learned th...

Later, with time, I learned that although all men are capable of good and evil, the worst among them are those who, when they commit evil, do so by shielding themselves in the authority of others, in their subordination, or in the excuse of following orders. And even worse are those who believe they are justified by their God.

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...the problem with words is t...

...the problem with words is that once spoken, they cannot find their way back to the speaker alone.

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I once wrestled with an angel....

I once wrestled with an angel. He won, but I learned a few things.

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Chess is all about getting the...

Chess is all about getting the king into check, you see. It's about killing the father. I would say that chess has more to do with the art of murder than it does with the art of war.

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Everyone gets the devil he des...

Everyone gets the devil he deserves.

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You don't choose your friends,...

You don't choose your friends, they choose you, and you either reject them or you accept them without reservations.

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Actually loneliness has a kind...

Actually loneliness has a kind of fascination; it's a state of egotistical, inner grace that you can achieve only by standing guard on old, forgotten roads that no one travels anymore.

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Because God and the devil coul...

Because God and the devil could be one and the same thing, and everybody understood it in his own way.

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You've just mentioned the pric...

You've just mentioned the price that has to be paid Pride, freedom Knowledge. Whether at the beginning or at the end, you have to pay for everything. Even courage, don't you think? And don't you think a lot of courage is needed to fight God?

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The world is full of banks and...

The world is full of banks and rivers running between them, of men and women crossing bridges and fords, unaware of the consequences, not looking back or beneath their feet, and with no loose change for the boatman.

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he looked around at the books ...

he looked around at the books on the walls, at their dark, worn spines, and he seemed to hear a strange, distant murmur coming from them. each of the closed books was a door, and behind it stirred shadows, voices, sounds, heading toward him from a deep, dark place.

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Never trust a man who reads on...

Never trust a man who reads only one book.

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Becoming a book collector is l...

Becoming a book collector is like joining a religion: it's for life.

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Добрые, щедрые, великодушные: 6 советских актеров, которые были всеобщими любимчиками

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Советских актёров часто ставят в пример как образец духовной силы, национальной гордости и внутренней красоты. Они стали символами эпохи, носителями культуры и нравственности. Но, как известно, за кул...

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Актеры — люди творческие, но кто бы мог подумать, что некоторые из них скрывают прекрасный голос. В эпоху раннего Голливуда актеров с музыкальными способностями было немало — это считалось скорее норм...

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Два года назад отечественное телевидение столкнулось с беспрецедентной кадровой тектоникой — целая группа ярких и узнаваемых ведущих стремительно исчезла с экранов федеральных каналов. Эти лица долгие...

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Кира Найтли на страницах журнала к выходу фильма «Пиджак», 2005. Следы динозавра, раскопанные в русле реки Палакси. Техас. США. 1952г. Самая большая женщина рядом с самым маленьким мужчиной, 1922 год....