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“And now I was lonelier, I supposed, than anyone else in the world. Even Defoe's creation, Robinson Crusoe, the prototype of the ideal solitary, could hope to meet another human being. Crusoe cheered himself by thinking that such a thing could happen any day, and it kept him going. But if any of the people now around me came near I would need to run for it and hide in mortal terror. I had to be alone, entirely alone, if I wanted to live.”
― The Pianist: The Extraordinary Story of One Man's Survival in Warsaw, 1939–45
― The Pianist: The Extraordinary Story of One Man's Survival in Warsaw, 1939–45
“Know that I've forgotten precisely nothing; but I've driven it all out of my head for a time, even the memories--until I've radically improved my circumstances. Then... then you'll see, I'll rise from the dead!”
― The Gambler
― The Gambler
“Atticus, he was real nice."
"Most people are, Scout, when you finally see them.”
― To Kill a Mockingbird
"Most people are, Scout, when you finally see them.”
― To Kill a Mockingbird
“In these silences something may rise”
― Desperation
― Desperation
“Nothing could be more absurd than moral lessons at such a moment! Oh, self-satisfied people: with what proud self-satisfaction such babblers are ready to utter their pronouncements! If they only knew to what degree I myself understand all the loathsomeness of my present condition, they wouldn't have the heart to teach me.”
― The Gambler
― The Gambler
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