“In the last analysis the great patriots were those who identified personal ambition with the welfare of their country. The traitor, as often as not, was one who, failing to recognize where the true interests of his country lay, identified his personal ambition with the less noble aspirations of his people.”
― Island in the Sun: A Story of the 1950's Set in the West
― Island in the Sun: A Story of the 1950's Set in the West
“Disbelief is more resistant than faith because it is sustained by the senses.”
― Of Love and Other Demons
― Of Love and Other Demons
“In my case, self-absorption is completely justified. I have never discovered any other subject quite so worthy of my attention.”
― Laura
― Laura
“Frightened people try to defend themselves by accusing others of their own motives.”
― Laura
― Laura
Hungarian Literature Club
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