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“The essence of fascism is to make laws forbidding everything and then enforce them selectively against your enemies.”
― A Plague of Secrets
― A Plague of Secrets
“You can weave your life so long -- only so long, and then a thing in the world out of your control will tug at one vital thread and leave you patternless and subdued.”
― The Forgotten Beasts of Eld
― The Forgotten Beasts of Eld
“The mythic voice rising from literature and art allows us to be humane. We are not humane because of political power, or education, or even religion. We are humane because we recognize the humanity of others. The writer and the artist appeal to that humanity. For that reason, literature and art are the bones of civilization.”
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“But I've wept so much,' she said to Delay. 'Now I don't cry any more. When you don't cry it's because you no longer believe in happiness.”
― Coco Chanel: The Legend and the Life
― Coco Chanel: The Legend and the Life
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