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“Or if I pose the question: is man a louse? -it means that for me man is not a louse, but that he is a louse for the one to whom it never occurs, who goes straight ahead without any questions... Because, if I tormented myself for so many days: would Napoleon have gone ahead or not? - it means that I must already have felt clearly that I was not Napoleon.”
― Crime and Punishment
― Crime and Punishment
“She's dead. Let's talk about someone alive, goodness' sake.”
― Fahrenheit 451
― Fahrenheit 451
“People don’t understand the word ruthless. They think it means ‘mean.’ It’s not about being mean. It’s about seeing the bright, clear line that leads from A to B. The line that goes from motive to means. Beginning to end. It’s about seeing that bright, clear line and not caring about anything but the beautiful fact that you can see the solution. Not caring about anything else but the perfection of it.”
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“In one city, a famous gangster robbed a bank of a thousand pounds and spent the whole lot on Wonka bars that same afternoon. And when the police entered his house to arrest him, they found him sitting on the floor amidst mountains of chocolate, ripping off the wrappers with the blade of a long dagger.”
― Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
― Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
“Bluebell had been saying that he knew the men hated us for raiding their crops and gardens, and Toadflax answered, 'That wasn't why they destroyed the warren. It was just because we were in their way. They killed us to suit themselves.”
― Watership Down
― Watership Down
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