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“To acquire knowledge, one must study;
but to acquire wisdom, one must observe.”
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but to acquire wisdom, one must observe.”
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“She was feeling the pressure of the world outside and she wanted to see him and feel his presence beside her and be reassured that she was doing the right thing after all.”
― The Great Gatsby
― The Great Gatsby
“I cannot make you understand. I cannot make anyone understand what is happening inside me. I cannot even explain it to myself.”
― The Metamorphosis
― The Metamorphosis
“Before I go on with this short history, let me make a general observation– the test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time, and still retain the ability to function.
One should, for example, be able to see that things are hopeless and yet be determined to make them otherwise. This philosophy fitted on to my early adult life, when I saw the improbable, the implausible, often the "impossible," come true.”
― The Crack-Up
One should, for example, be able to see that things are hopeless and yet be determined to make them otherwise. This philosophy fitted on to my early adult life, when I saw the improbable, the implausible, often the "impossible," come true.”
― The Crack-Up
“A non-writing writer is a monster courting insanity."
[Letter to Max Brod, July 5, 1922]”
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[Letter to Max Brod, July 5, 1922]”
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