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The Invisible Man by H. G. Wells

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All men, however highly educated, retain some superstitious inklings.

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Life is to be lived, not controlled; and humanity is won by continuing to play in face of certain defeat.

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I went over the heads of the things a man reckons desirable. No doubt invisibility made it possible to get them, but it made it impossible to enjoy them when they are got.

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The Sussex peasants are perhaps the most matter-of-fact people under the sun.

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He is mad, inhuman…the man’s become inhuman, I tell you.

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Everyone seemed eager to talk at once, and the result was Babel.

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I did not feel a bit sorry for my father. He seemed to me to be the victim of his own foolish sentimentality.

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The world is a possibility if only you'll discover it.

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Alone—it is wonderful how little a man can do alone! To rob a little, to hurt a little, and there is the end.

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Why dream of playing a game against the race? How can you hope to gain happiness? ... Think what you might do with a million helpers.

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This, this Invisible Man, then? ... I guess it's about time we saw him.

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