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“When the heart speaks, the mind finds it indecent to object.”
― The Unbearable Lightness of Being
― The Unbearable Lightness of Being
“The Greek word for "return" is nostos. Algos means "suffering." So nostalgia is the suffering caused by an unappeased yearning to return.”
― Ignorance
― Ignorance
“And what can life be worth if the first rehearsal for life is life itself?”
― The Unbearable Lightness of Being
― The Unbearable Lightness of Being
“Two people in love, alone, isolated from the world, that's beautiful.”
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“The driver of deterrence success is not nuclear weapons, it is nuclear posture. Nuclear weapons may deter, but they deter unequally.”
― Nuclear Strategy in the Modern Era: Regional Powers and International Conflict
― Nuclear Strategy in the Modern Era: Regional Powers and International Conflict
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