“I loved you so much that I thought you were the meaning of my life....I thought that people were put on earth to find other people, and I was put here to find you. To find you and touch your skin and smell your breath and hear all your thoughts. But I don't want to be meant for someone like you.”
― The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
― The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
“In the West, we have been withdrawing from our tradition-, religion- and even nation-centred cultures, partly to decrease the danger of group conflict. But we are increasingly falling prey to the desperation of meaninglessness, and that is no improvement at all.”
― 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos
― 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos
“ماذا هناك في الجانب الآخر من الحياة؟ أهو ليل صامت ووحدة فقط؟ ما الذي يبقى عندما لا تكون ثمة رغبات ولا ذكريات ولا آمال؟ ماذا يوجد في الموت؟ لو أنني اتطيع البقاء جامدة، دون كلام، دون تفكير، دون توسل يمكنني عندئذ أن أسمعك يا ابنتي.”
― Paula
― Paula
“My mother raised me to be polite, to be demure. I have long operated under the idea that civility is subservience. But it hasn't gotten me very far, that type of kindness. The world respects people who think they should be running it.”
― The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
― The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
“Ideologies are substitutes for true knowledge, and ideologues are always dangerous when they come to power, because a simple-minded I-know-it-all approach is no match for the complexity of existence.”
― 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos
― 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos
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