“For if the modern mind is whimsical and discursive, the classical mind is narrow, unhesitating, relentless. It is not a quality of intelligence that one encounters frequently these days. But though I can digress with the best of them, I am nothing in my soul if not obsessive.”
― The Secret History
― The Secret History
“Confusion is a luxury which only the very, very young can possibly afford and you are not that young anymore”
― Giovanni’s Room
― Giovanni’s Room
“It is is better to know one book intimately than a hundred superficially.”
― The Secret History
― The Secret History
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