“Writers by nature like to observe, pry, and meddle.”
― No One Writes Back
― No One Writes Back
“Her thoughts were silently fixed on the irreparable injury which too early an independence and its consequent habits of idleness, dissipation, and luxury, had made in the mind, the character, the happiness, of a man who, to every advantage of person and talents, united a disposition naturally open and honest, and a feeling, affectionate temper. The world had made him extravagant and vain—Extravagance and vanity had made him cold-hearted and selfish. Vanity, while seeking its own guilty triumph at the expense of another, had involved him in a real attachment, which extravagance, or at least its offspring, necessity, had required to be sacrificed. Each faulty propensity in leading him to evil, had led him likewise to punishment.”
― Sense and Sensibility
― Sense and Sensibility
“The less talent they have, the more pride, vanity and arrogance they have. All these fools, however, find other fools who applaud them.”
― Desideri Erasmi Roterodami Convivia E Conloquiis Familiaribus Selecta
― Desideri Erasmi Roterodami Convivia E Conloquiis Familiaribus Selecta
“I say from time to time, if you want to know about someone else’s desires, you should have them pack a suitcase. Or take a peek into their suitcase. Someone who packs his bag with all kinds of stuff ends up suffering from just that much fatigue and stress, even while traveling. The weight of the bag
alone will guarantee that. The trip, intended as a way to unburden yourself, suddenly becomes a burden in itself. People who care about what other
people think of them, like my sister, can never go on a trip.”
― No One Writes Back
alone will guarantee that. The trip, intended as a way to unburden yourself, suddenly becomes a burden in itself. People who care about what other
people think of them, like my sister, can never go on a trip.”
― No One Writes Back
“I don’t like travel books that are half full of photographs. Sometimes, you can’t tell whether the book was written for travel, or the travel was undertaken for the book. What I dislike even more are people who like to show off their travels. You can’t tell whether they travel for themselves, or to show other people. People who show off their travels do so because really, they don’t have anything.”
― No One Writes Back
― No One Writes Back
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