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Michel de Montaigne
“nothing is so firmly believed, as what we least know;” Michel de Montaigne, The Essays of Michel de Montaigne
Thomas Hardy
“Not guessing the cause, there was nothing to remind him that experience is as to intensity, and not as to duration.” Thomas Hardy, Tess of the d'Urbervilles
John Green
“I wanted to be one of those people who have streaks to maintain, who scorch the ground with their intensity. But for now, at least I knew such people, and they needed me, just like comets need tails.” John Green, Looking for Alaska
Margaret Atwood
“Having experienced both, I am not sure which is worse: intense feeling, or the absence of it.” Margaret Atwood, The Blind Assassin
Tennessee Williams
“It is only in his work that an artist can find reality and satisfaction, for the actual world is less intense than the world of his invention and consequently his life, without recours to violent disorder, does not seem very substantial.” Tennessee Williams, The Glass Menagerie

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