“The only way to go beyond work is through work. It is not that work itself is valuable; we surmount work by work. The real value of work lies in the strength of self-denial.”
― The Woman in the Dunes
― The Woman in the Dunes
“Only the happy ones return to contentment. Those who were sad return to despair.”
― The Woman in the Dunes
― The Woman in the Dunes
“I rather think the world is like sand. The fundamental nature of sand is very difficult to grasp when you think of it in its stationary state. Sand not only flows, but this very flow is the sand.”
― The Woman in the Dunes
― The Woman in the Dunes
“I have seen myself backward.”
― A Scanner Darkly
― A Scanner Darkly
“What in heaven's name was the real essence of this beauty? Was it the precision of nature with its physical laws, or was it nature's mercilessness, ceaselessly resisting man's understanding?”
― The Woman in the Dunes
― The Woman in the Dunes
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