“Maybe with good luck we’ll find what eluded us in the places we once called home.”
― The French Dispatch
― The French Dispatch
“Grief is the stuff of life. A life without grief is no life at all. But regret is a prison. Some part of you which you deeply value lies forever impaled at a crossroads you can no longer find and never forget.”
― The Passenger
― The Passenger
“The traveler who's just climbed a steep mountain sits down at the top, and finds perfect pleasure in resting. Would he be as happy, if he were forced to do nothing but rest?”
― The Red and the Black
― The Red and the Black
“If you fear thunder, let yourself be afraid", instructs a Zen proverb. So, obedient and good pupil, welcome to fear-”
― The Invented Part
― The Invented Part
“Understanding,' in all honesty, is a word pregnant with difficulties, but also with hope.”
― The Historian's Craft: Reflections on the Nature and Uses of History and the Techniques and Methods of Those Who Write It.
― The Historian's Craft: Reflections on the Nature and Uses of History and the Techniques and Methods of Those Who Write It.
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