“The past had shown him many times that the future would be its own solution.”
― Solar
― Solar
“There is something at the bottom of every new human thought, every thought of genius, or even every earnest thought that springs up in any brain, which can never be communicated to others, even if one were to write volumes about it and were explaining one's idea for thirty-five years; there's something left which cannot be induced to emerge from your brain, and remains with you forever; and with it you will die, without communicating to anyone perhaps the most important of your ideas.”
― The Idiot
― The Idiot
“Remove the comma, replace the comma, remove the comma, replace the comma...”
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“Every war when it comes, or before it comes, is represented not as a war but as an act of self-defense against a homicidal maniac.”
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“He had never before realized the blessedness of silence - the freedom to be silent, rather, if one chose. He had never realized, somehow, that such blessedness might be his privilege. He was Doc Mc Coy, and Doc Mc Coy was born to the obligation of being one hell of a guy.”
― The Getaway
― The Getaway
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