“You begin saving the world by saving one man at a time; all else is grandiose romanticism or politics.”
― Women
― Women
“What really knocks me out is a book that, when you're all done reading it, you wish the author that wrote it was a terrific friend of yours and you could call him up on the phone whenever you felt like it. That doesn't happen much, though.”
― The Catcher in the Rye
― The Catcher in the Rye
“Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past.”
― 1984
― 1984
“It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes life interesting.”
― The Alchemist
― The Alchemist
“I wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his hand. It's when you know you're licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and see it through no matter what.”
― To Kill a Mockingbird
― To Kill a Mockingbird
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