إذا كان المرءُ خائفًا على حياته فهو لايفكرُ بالآخرين ، بل يفكرُ فقط بالناس الذين يحبهم ، وقد لا يكونُ هذا حتى كافيًا

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إن مشكلة العيش لمدة طويلة هي أن المرء يرى كثيرًا من الناس يمرون أمام عينيه

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Seeing something once is better than hearing about it a hundred times. Doing something once is better than seeing it a hundred times.

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A brave heart? It feels like a swollen and aching thing in my chest.

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You may be desperate, but never let anyone see you as anything less than a cultivated woman.

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Mots clés women culture desparation

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A dragon doesn't surrender. A dragon fights fate. This is not some loud, roaring feeling. It feels more like someone blew on an ember and found a slight orange glow.

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Our words had to be circumspect. We could not write anything too negative about our circumstances. This was tricky, since the very form of a married woman's letter needed to include the usual complaints -- that we were pathetic, powerless, worked to the bone, homesick, and sad. We were supposed to speak directly about our feelings without appearing ungrateful, no-account, or unfilial.

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Mots clés shame femininity self-censorship

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You make choices that are good and sound, but the gods have other plans for you.

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Mots clés choice free-will fate choices-and-consequences

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I finally understand what the poets have written. In spring, moved to passion; in autumn only regret.

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Read a thousand books, and your words will flow like a river.

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Mots clés reading books writing writers storytelling storytellers novelists

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