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They envy you for not envying them. One of the greatest sorrows of human existence is that some people aren't happy merely to be alive but find their happiness only in the misery of others.

— Dean Koontz

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"Where there's cake, there's hope. And there's always cake."

Life Expectancy (2004)

Your sense of responsibility to others can never be excessive.

Midnight (1989)

Recognizing the structure of your psychology doesn't mean that you can easily rebuild it.

Odd Thomas (2003)

A fanatic is a nut who has something to believe in.

Lightning (1988)

I'm either a mutant or a cripple, and I refuse to be a cripple. People pity cripples, but they're afraid of mutants […] Fear implies respect.

One Door Away from Heaven (2001)

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Be not afraid of life. Believe that life is worth living, and your belief will help create the fact.

William James The Will to Believe and Other Essays in Popular Philosophy (1897)

Reason is Life's sole arbiter, the magic Laby'rinth's single clue:
Worlds lie above, beyond its ken; what crosses it can ne'er be true.

Richard Francis Burton The Kasîdah of Hâjî Abdû El-Yezdî (1870)

It is the law of life that if you are kind to someone you feel happy. If you are cruel you are unhappy. And if you hurt someone, you will be hurt back.

Cary Grant Love – That’s All Cary Grant Ever Thinks About (1964)

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