"One word Frees us of all the weight and pain of life: That word is love."
"But the power of destiny is something awesome; neither wealth, nor Ares, nor a tower, nor dark-hulled ships might escape it."
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Source: Oedipus Rex. Play by Sophocles, Line 1184,
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