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“You are interested in a person, not in life, and people die or leave us... But if you are interested in life it never lets you down. I am interested in the blueness of the cheese.”
― Our Man in Havana
― Our Man in Havana
“If you are to punish a man retributively, you must injure him. If you are to reform him, you must improve him. And men are not improved by injuries.”
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“The fact is, and there's no denying it, realism... is supposed to make one uneasy.”
― The Revenge Of Geography: What the Map Tells Us About Coming Conflicts and the Battle Against Fate
― The Revenge Of Geography: What the Map Tells Us About Coming Conflicts and the Battle Against Fate
“man produces evil as a bee produces honey”
― The Hot Gates and Other Occasional Pieces
― The Hot Gates and Other Occasional Pieces
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