“The sin of smiling whilst Louise was weeping, the sin of shedding my own tears and not hers. The sin of being another being.”
― The Blood of Others
― The Blood of Others
“You have deep-seated survival anxieties. And you don't like bigots, bullies, snobs or hypocrites. Subconsciously there are many people you hate."
"Consciously, sir, consciously," Yossarian corrected in an effort to help. "I hate them consciously.”
― Catch-22
"Consciously, sir, consciously," Yossarian corrected in an effort to help. "I hate them consciously.”
― Catch-22
“They use the pretext of avoiding war, to make you swallow any kind of peace, said Paul. They use the pretext of a revolution to involve us in any kind of war, said Jardinet.”
― The Blood of Others
― The Blood of Others
“I would take my strange and incapable heart out of my chest if I could, display it, absolve myself of responsibility.”
― The Water Cure
― The Water Cure
“Somebody," said Jacques, "your father or mine, should have told us that not many people have ever died of love. But multitudes have perished, and are perishing every hour--and in the oddest places!--for the lack of it.”
― Giovanni’s Room
― Giovanni’s Room
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