“If there's only one nation in the sky, shouldn't all passports be valid for it?”
― Life of Pi
― Life of Pi
“Once you’ve been struck by violence, you acquire companions that never leave you entirely: Suspicion, Fear, Anxiety, Despair, Joylessness.”
― Beatrice and Virgil
― Beatrice and Virgil
“To my mind, faith is like being in the sun. When you are in the sun, can you avoid creating a shadow? Can you shake that area of darkness that clings to you, always shaped like you, as if constantly to remind you of yourself? You can’t. This shadow is doubt. And it goes wherever you go as long as you stay in the sun. And who wouldn’t want to be in the sun?”
― Beatrice and Virgil
― Beatrice and Virgil
“Each person feels pain in his own way, each has his own scars.”
― Kafka on the Shore
― Kafka on the Shore
“A lake is a landscape's most beautiful and expressive feature. It is Earth's eye; looking into which the beholder measures the depth of his own nature.”
― Walden
― Walden
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