It never occurred to me that my mother could hold against me my unfitness to transfer myself into the child she had relished and lost.
“It was war, and in war the truth was almost always the first casualty.”
― Executive Power
― Executive Power
“For Leon, who had long grown used to having two wives,one at his side and one in his head, nothing much changed, but Yvonne's soul found peace at last. For her too, the question of whether or not they were destined for one another had now been settled, and it no longer mattered whether they were really passionately or only half-heartedly in love, or whether they only pretended or wrongly believed that they loved one another. All that mattered was the actual status quo. It was as simple as that.”
― Léon und Louise
― Léon und Louise
“Having eyes, but not seeing beauty; having ears, but not hearing music; having minds, but not perceiving truth…These are the things to fear…”
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“Justice is not natural among people, but the struggle for justice is the most noble act in society. Because justice may not be possible, but as it’s the way toward the desired society for each one to live in, that’s why its struggle is noble and regard as the highest act.”
― GOVERNMENT Servant, Not Master
― GOVERNMENT Servant, Not Master
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