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1 " Unfortunates, who ought to begin with God, do not have any hope in him till they have exhausted all other means of deliverance. "
― Alexandre Dumas , The Count of Monte Cristo
2 " But I had deliberately acquired the habit of closing my eyes even to such obvious assumptions, just as though I did not want to miss a single opportunity for tormenting myself. This is a trite device, often adopted by persons who, cut off from all other means of escape, retreat into the safe haven of regarding themselves as objects of tragedy. "
― Yukio Mishima , Confessions of a Mask