“The bird that would soar above the level plain of tradition and prejudice must have strong wings. It is a sad spectacle to see the weaklings bruised, exhausted, fluttering back to earth.”
― The Awakening
― The Awakening
“[Credit is a system whereby] a person who can't pay, gets another person who can't pay, to guarantee that he can pay.”
― Little Dorrit
― Little Dorrit
“Perhaps a lunatic was simply a minority of one.”
― 1984
― 1984
“Perhaps it is better to wake up after all, even to suffer, rather than to remain a dupe to illusions all one's life.”
― The Awakening, and Selected Stories
― The Awakening, and Selected Stories
“The artist must possess the courageous soul that dares and defies”
― The Awakening and Selected Stories
― The Awakening and Selected Stories
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