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But real adventures, I reflected, do not happen to people who remain at home: they must be sought abroad.


“When the moon is shining the cripple becomes hungry for a walk”
― Things Fall Apart
― Things Fall Apart

“We can never cease to be ourselves.”
― The Secret Agent
― The Secret Agent

“A man who calls his kinsmen to a feast does not do so to save them from starving. They all have food in their own homes. When we gather together in the moonlit village ground it is not because of the moon. Every man can see it in his own compound. We come together because it is good for kinsmen to do so.”
― Things Fall Apart
― Things Fall Apart

“I can't stand it to think my life is going so fast and I'm not really living it.”
― The Sun Also Rises
― The Sun Also Rises

“We cast a shadow on something wherever we stand, and it is no good moving from place to place to save things; because the shadow always follows. Choose a place where you won't do harm - yes, choose a place where you won't do very much harm, and stand in it for all you are worth, facing the sunshine.”
― A Room with a View
― A Room with a View
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