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“If you’re scared and choose to be fierce anyway, that’s called being brave”
― For Whom the Belle Tolls
― For Whom the Belle Tolls
“She was old, old at twenty-seven, with no gleam and sparkle in the flesh.”
― Lady Chatterley’s Lover
― Lady Chatterley’s Lover
“But nor do I judge the immigrant who is as emotionless and pragmatic about the nation-state as the people who run that nation-state are so regularly emotionless and pragmatic about immigrants, who says honestly and plainly: I don't love this country, don't love any country, patriotism being the property of an entirely different kind of life than luck has given me; I live here because it will always be safer to live on the launching side of the missiles. I live here because I am afraid.”
― One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This
― One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This
“Beauty feeds the soul, my sweet boy. It takes many forms, some of them obvious, like a flower in bloom or the laughter of a child, but sometimes it is hidden, though it is never absent. Find beauty.”
― For Whom the Belle Tolls
― For Whom the Belle Tolls
“People always clutch at straws, nobody wants to part with his illusions, and it is very difficult to look life in the face. To see things as they are demands a superhuman effort. There are those who want to be blind, but even among those who think they are not, how many are left who can really see? Or, rather, who do not slightly distort what they see to keep their illusions and hopes alive?”
― Hope Against Hope
― Hope Against Hope
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