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"Tell me, is there anything on this earth more pitiful than a wasted life?"

"We shall not be separated in our burial."

"I see that child who lay upon your breast in the first passage of your own dark and dreadful time."

"I am the resurrection and the life, saith the Lord."

"My dear, I am afraid that I must be considered a disappointed and wasted man."

"For you, a brighter dawn has broken."

"I shall be reconciled to it and to myself."

"Keep my secret, and know me to be innocent."

"I care for no man on earth, and no man on earth cares for me."

"In the depths of despair, we discover our true selves."

"I have lived a wasted life, but I can still die a worthy death."

"I am a disappointed drudge, sir. I care for no man on earth, and no man on earth cares for me"

"It is a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done; it is a far, far better rest that I go to than I have ever known"

"From my childhood I have been wont to think of myself as a creature of chance and misfortune"

"You have been the last dream of my soul"

"There is something in me that will die hard, but it is rising from my ashes"

"I feel as though my whole existence has been a preparation for a change in me"

"The great grindstone of fate and time has worn many like me to powder"

"I see the life I might have had, and it gives me an unspeakable joy"

"I feel the stirrings of a new man within my breast"

"In the shadow of her love, I have found a refuge from my despair"

"The heart of another being is an open book to me"

"The past, no matter how dark, cannot define our future unless we allow it to"

"In the end, it is not the length of our lives that matters, but the mark we leave upon the world"

"To love truly is to love without expectation of return or reward"

"Even in the face of death, the human spirit can find peace and meaning"

"It is a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done; it is a far, far better rest that I go to than I have ever known"

"I am the resurrection and the life"

"The night is dark and I am far from home"

"If you had seen the danger of such a consolidated power, and were impressed with the apprehension of it, would you have acted as you acted?"