“My God, a moment of bliss. Why, isn't that enough for a whole lifetime?”
― White Nights
― White Nights
“A cyclical process of charm/no charm is the most likely scenario, as societies, similarly to human bodies, seek renewal and change.”
― Charm: How Magnetic Personalities Shape Global Politics
― Charm: How Magnetic Personalities Shape Global Politics
“For both of us, it had simply been too enormous an experience. We shared it by not talking about it. Does this make any sense?”
― The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
― The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
“The decline of civility and the mounting crudeness of language in our public life could also be another reason for the disgust of people with politicians and government officials and the contempt manifested toward them. The consequences for public debate and the rational, civilized conduct of public affairs are grave. This collapse in communication is terribly sad.”
― The Good Fight
― The Good Fight
“If young people do not begin to make history, politicians of eternity and inevitability will destroy it. And to make history, young Americans will have to know some.”
― On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century
― On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century
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