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21 " When God loves a creature He wants the creature to know the highest happiness and the deepest misery—then he can die. He wants him to know all that being alive can bring. That is His best gift. "
― Thornton Wilder , The Eighth Day
22 " It is the diversity of life that renders thinking difficult. Many a beginning philosopher has been on the point of grasping the problem of suffering, but what sage can cope with that of happiness? At "
23 " she quoted the Spanish proverb, “The oak tree is in the acorn. "
24 " She looked at him a moment in silence and wonder. She did not yet know that she was a great actress—that the knowledge of how men and women behave in extremity was at the center of her lifework "
25 " Жизнь — смех слабоумного в пустоте… "
26 " Если господь возлюбит одно из своих созданий, то даст ему познать высшее счастье и глубочайшее горе, прежде чем наступит час его смерти. Даст изведать все, чем богата жизнь. И это самый ценный господень дар. "
27 " Не может быть счастлив по-настоящему тот, кто не изведал ужаса nada. "