“The true basis for friendships is a prejudice or two in common,” Max liked to say.”
― Max Perkins: Editor of Genius
― Max Perkins: Editor of Genius
“I do not think I have any uncharitable prejudice against the rattlesnake, still, I should not like to be one.”
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“All human beings have three lives: public, private, and secret.”
― Gabriel García Márquez: a Life
― Gabriel García Márquez: a Life
“Power doesn't have to show off. Power is confident, self-assuring, self-starting and self-stopping, self-warming and self-justifying. When you have it, you know it.”
― Invisible Man
― Invisible Man
“Even in the depths of sleep, in which he had to satisfy his need for protection and love by curling himself up into a trembling ball, he could not rid himself of the feeling of loneliness and homelessness.”
― The Street of Crocodiles
― The Street of Crocodiles
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