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“At first she was overjoyed that he would be with her, but then she recalled that human people could not live under the water, and he could only visit her father's palace as a dead man.”

Ariel The Little Mermaid

Book:The Little Mermaid

Source: The Little Mermaid

“It was the last night that she would breathe the same air as he, or look out over the deep sea and up into the star-blue heaven. A dreamless, eternal night awaited her, for she had no soul and had not been able to win one.”

The Little Mermaid Hans Christian Andersen

Book:The Little Mermaid and Other Tales

Source: The Little Mermaid and Other Tales

“We have no immortal souls; we have no future life; we are just like the green sea-weed, which, once cut down, can never revive again! Men, on the other hand, have a soul which lives for ever, lives after the body has become dust; it rises through the clear air, up to the shining stars!”

Humans Soul The Little Mermaid Hans Christian Andersen

Book:The Little Mermaid

Source: The Little Mermaid

“Because she could not go near all these wonderful things, she longed for them all the more.”

The Little Mermaid

Author:Hans Christian Andersen

“So I shall die," said the little mermaid, "and as the foam of the sea I shall be driven about never again to hear the music of the waves, or to see the pretty flowers nor the red sun. Is there anything I can do to win an immortal soul?”

Poetry Sea The Little Mermaid Sea Foam

Book:The Little Mermaid

Source: The Little Mermaid

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