“It is difficult to live in the present, pointless to live in the future and impossible to live in the past.”
― God Emperor of Dune
― God Emperor of Dune
“I’m just kinda tired. Like a monkey in the rain.”
― Norwegian Wood
― Norwegian Wood
“You read something which you thought only happened to you, and you discover that it happened 100 years ago to Dostoyevsky. This is a very great liberation for the suffering, struggling person, who always thinks that he is alone. This is why art is important.”
― Conversations with James Baldwin (Literary Conversations Series)
― Conversations with James Baldwin (Literary Conversations Series)
“Being alone with her is like opening a door away from normal life and then closing it behind him.”
― Normal People
― Normal People
“It is impossible to live in the past, difficult to live in the present and a waste to live in the future.”
― Dune
― Dune
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