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Why on earth people who have something to say which is worth hearing should not take the slight trouble to learn how to make it heard is one of the strange mysteries of modern life.


“Kafka, in everybody’s life there’s a point of no return. And in a very few cases, a point where you can’t go forward any more. And when we reach that point, all we can do is quietly accept the fact. That’s how we survive.”
― Kafka on the Shore
― Kafka on the Shore

“It expressed, plainer than words could do, the intense anguish at having made himself the instrument of thwarting his own revenge. Had it been dark, I dare say, he would have tried to remedy the mistake by smashing Hareton’s skull on the steps; but we witnessed his salvation; and I was presently below with my precious charge pressed to my heart. Hindley descended more leisurely, sobered and abashed.”
― Wuthering Heights
― Wuthering Heights

“Friendship- my definition- is built on two things. Respect and trust. Both elements have to be there. And it has to be mutual. You can have respect for someone, but if you don't have trust, the friendship will crumble.”
― The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
― The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo

“As often happens in science, technology has opened up a field to new ways of solving old riddles – often providing startling answers.”
― The Journey of Man: A Genetic Odyssey
― The Journey of Man: A Genetic Odyssey

“I don’t,’ she sobbed, bursting violently into tears. ‘But the God I don’t believe in is a good God, a just God, a merciful God. He’s not the mean and stupid God you make Him out to be.”
― Catch-22
― Catch-22
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