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“It's a very Greek idea, and a very profound one. Beauty is terror. Whatever we call beautiful, we quiver before it.”
― The Secret History
― The Secret History
“To admit uncertainty is to admit to weakness, to powerlessness, and to believe in yourself despite both. It is a frailty, but in this frailty there is a strength: the conviction to live in your own mind, and not in someone else’s.”
― Educated
― Educated
“Wharton, E. The Buccaneers. London: Viking, 1993.”
― An American Princess: The Many Lives of Allene Tew
― An American Princess: The Many Lives of Allene Tew
“-No, to rzeczywiście nie są pieniądze – lekceważąco powiedział do swego gościa Woland – chociaż szczerze mówiąc, nawet tyle nie jest panu potrzebne. - Kiedy ma pan zamiar umrzeć?”
― The Master and Margarita
― The Master and Margarita
“From what I’d witnessed, honesty didn’t really make anyone happy. The truth was a punch to the gut, and while you were falling, a knee to the face, then you could lie on the floor and bleed for a spell.”
― Assuming Names: A Con Artist's Masquerade
― Assuming Names: A Con Artist's Masquerade
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