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“The danger with hatred is, once you start in on it, you get a hundred times more than you bargained for. Once you start, you can't stop.”
― The Human Stain
― The Human Stain
“The Yanks always wore neckties that leapt out in front of their shirts, as if to announce the awkwardness to follow.”
― The Bonfire of the Vanities
― The Bonfire of the Vanities
“You put too much stock in human intelligence, it doesn't annihilate human nature.”
― American Pastoral
― American Pastoral
“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed, citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.”
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“No animal has more liberty than the cat, but it buries the mess it makes. The cat is the best anarchist.”
― For Whom the Bell Tolls
― For Whom the Bell Tolls
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