“It is not that we have so little time but that we lose so much. ... The life we receive is not short but we make it so; we are not ill provided but use what we have wastefully.”
― On the Shortness of Life: Life Is Long if You Know How to Use It
― On the Shortness of Life: Life Is Long if You Know How to Use It
“Your worst sin is that you have destroyed and betrayed yourself for nothing.”
― Crime and Punishment
― Crime and Punishment
“What really ruins our character is the fact that none of us looks back over his life.”
― Letters from a Stoic
― Letters from a Stoic
“If I were a piano player, I'd play it in the goddam closet.”
― The Catcher in the Rye
― The Catcher in the Rye
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