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“I can't be a pessimist because I am alive. To be a pessimist means that you have agreed that human life is an academic matter. So, I am forced to be an optimist. I am forced to believe that we can survive, whatever we must survive.”
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“And now that you don't have to be perfect, you can be good.”
― East of Eden
― East of Eden
“My library is an archive of longings.”
― As Consciousness is Harnessed to Flesh: Journals and Notebooks, 1964-1980
― As Consciousness is Harnessed to Flesh: Journals and Notebooks, 1964-1980
“If it's meant to be then it will be,
So I met him there and told him I believe.
Singing if it's meant to be then it will be,
I forgive it all as it comes back to me”
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So I met him there and told him I believe.
Singing if it's meant to be then it will be,
I forgive it all as it comes back to me”
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“I'm a pessimist because of intelligence, but an optimist because of will.”
― Antonio Gramsci: Prison Letters
― Antonio Gramsci: Prison Letters
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