“The end cannot justify the means, for the simple and obvious reason that the means employed determine the nature of the ends produced.”
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“She might have liked to try to strangle him with those slender fingers of hers, but she wanted to make a job of it and this great patience with which she waited for her claws to grow was in itself a form of enjoyment.”
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“Resist much, obey little.”
― Leaves of Grass
― Leaves of Grass
“The problem is not entirely in finding a room of one's own, the time alone, difficult and necessary as that is. The problem is more how to still the soul in the midst of its activities. In fact, the problem is how to feed the soul.”
― Gift from the Sea
― Gift from the Sea
“By the Blessed Virgin ! Is it possible that your grace is so thickheaded and so short on brains that you cannot see that what I'm telling you is the absolute truth.”
― Don Quixote
― Don Quixote
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