“The pursuit of truth and beauty is a sphere of activity in which we are permitted to remain children all our lives.”
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“Any fool can be happy. It takes a man with real heart to make beauty out of the stuff that makes us weep.”
― Abarat: Days of Magic, Nights of War
― Abarat: Days of Magic, Nights of War
“I would rather have a mind opened by wonder than one closed by belief.”
― How to Argue and Win Every Time: At Home, At Work, In Court, Everywhere, Every Day
― How to Argue and Win Every Time: At Home, At Work, In Court, Everywhere, Every Day
“Perhaps one did not want to be loved so much as to be understood.”
― 1984
― 1984
“As a small child, I felt in my heart two contradictory feelings, the horror of life and the ecstasy of life.”
― My Heart Laid Bare
― My Heart Laid Bare
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