“...he's imagining himself Justice incarnate, balancing the scales. He's forgotten that Justice incarnate is not only balancing the scales but also blindfolded.”
― A Separate Peace
― A Separate Peace
“Always say some prayers at night because it might turn out that there is a God.”
― A Separate Peace
― A Separate Peace
“... truth, whose mother is history, who is the rival of time, depository of deeds, witness of the past, example and lesson to the present, and warning to the future.”
― Don Quixote
― Don Quixote
“Death, it seems," Garp wrote, "does not like to wait until we are prepared for it. Death is indulgent and enjoys, when it can, a flair for the dramatic.”
― The World According to Garp
― The World According to Garp
“You know, everybody dies. My parents died. Your father died. Everybody dies. I'm going to die too. So will you. The thing is, to have a life before we die. It can be a real adventure having a life”
― The World According to Garp
― The World According to Garp
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