“I wonder if during the course of these tragic notes, I have sufficiently stressed the sending quality of my striking, if perhaps somewhat brutal good looks”. (Humbert in Lolita)”
― Lolita
― Lolita
“You should dream more, Mr. Wormold. Reality in our century is not something to be faced.”
― Our Man in Havana
― Our Man in Havana
“It is of no consequence what others think of you. What matters is what you think of them. That is how you live your life.”
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“Ladies and Gentlemen, we deem it the central revelation of Western experience that man cannot ineradicably stain himself, for the wells of regeneration are infinitely deep. No temple has ever been so profaned that it cannot be purified; no man is ever truly lost; no nation is irrevocably dishonored. Khrushchev cannot take permanent advantage of our temporary disadvantage, for it is the West he is fighting. And in the West there lie, however encysted, the ultimate resources, which are moral in nature. Khrushchev is not aware that the gates of hell shall not prevail against us. Even out of the depths of despair, we take heart in the knowledge that it cannot matter how deep we fall, for there is always hope. In the end, we will bury him.”
― Let Us Talk of Many Things: The Collected Speeches
― Let Us Talk of Many Things: The Collected Speeches
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