“A thousand times, they nearly killed themselves off with political bickering and moral certainty and a lethal distaste for compromise.”
― Children of God
― Children of God
“Eventually we all have to accept full and total responsibility for our actions, everything we have done, and have not done. ”
― Requiem for a Dream
― Requiem for a Dream
“I wanted change and excitement and to shoot off in all directions myself, like the colored arrows from a Fourth of July rocket.”
― The Bell Jar
― The Bell Jar
“Hugh le Despencer the Elder was speaking to his son, Hugh le Despencer the Younger. He said, “Son, given that you are effeminate and lack manly qualities, I think that the way for you for you to improve your lot in life is to become the King’s Chamberlain.”
― Isabella Warrior Queen
― Isabella Warrior Queen
“When I arrived in London, although I could manage to read a lot—Nineteen Eighty-four was one of the first books I devoured, marveling constantly at how aptly Orwell’s description fitted Mao’s China—the idiomatic use of English was beyond me.”
― Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China
― Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China
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