Of what avail are my loftiest thoughts if I have ceased to exist? there are some will ask; to whom others, it may be, will answer, What becomes of myself if all that I love in my heart and my spirit must die, that my life may be saved? And are not almost all the morals, and heroism, and virtue of man summed up in that single choice?

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Maurice Maeterlinck was a 19th-century Belgian playwright and essayist. Maurice Polydore Marie Bernard Maeterlinck, also known as Count/Comte Maeterlinck from 1932, was a Belgian playwright, poet, and essayist who was Flemish but wrote in French. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1911 "in appreciation of his many-sided literary activities, and especially of his dramatic works, which are distinguished by a wealth of imagination and by a poetic fancy, which reveals, sometimes in the guise of a fairy tale, a deep inspiration, while in a mysterious way they appeal to the readers' own feelings and stimulate their imaginations". Read more on Wikipedia →

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  • Death — Contemplations on mortality, loss, and the legacy we leave
  • Love — Quotes exploring romantic love, compassion, and human connection

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