“Someone must have been telling lies about Joseph K., for without having done anything wrong he was arrested one fine morning.”
― The Trial
― The Trial
“Enjoy those peaceful few seconds before you remember your own name. It's usually downhill from there.”
― It's Lonely at the Centre of the Earth
― It's Lonely at the Centre of the Earth
“If you feel safe in the area you’re working in, you’re not working in the right area. Always go a little further into the water than you feel you’re capable of being in. Go a little bit out of your depth. And when you don’t feel that your feet are quite touching the bottom, you’re just about in the right place to do something exciting.”
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“Does such a thing as 'the fatal flaw,' that showy dark crack running down the middle of a life, exist outside literature? I used to think it didn't. Now I think it does. And I think that mine is this: a morbid longing for the picturesque at all costs.”
― The Secret History
― The Secret History
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