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“There's nothing in the world so demoralizing as money.”
― Antigone
― Antigone
“Memories warm you up from the inside. But they also tear you apart.”
― Kafka on the Shore
― Kafka on the Shore
“Every generation imagines itself to be more intelligent than the one that went before it, and wiser than the one that comes after it.”
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“Go then if you must, but remember, no matter how foolish your deeds, those who love you will love you still.”
― Antigone
― Antigone
“The sense of tragedy - according to Aristotle - comes, ironically enough, not from the protagonist's weak points but from his good qualities. Do you know what I'm getting at? People are drawn deeper into tragedy not by their defects but by their virtues.
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[But] we accept irony through a device called metaphor. And through that we grow and become deeper human beings.”
― Kafka on the Shore
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[But] we accept irony through a device called metaphor. And through that we grow and become deeper human beings.”
― Kafka on the Shore
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