Ziyan
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“I know that men are children who chase away their despair with anger, their fear with love; they respond to the void by building castles and temples. They cling to stories, they shove them in front of them like banners; everyone makes some story his own so as to attach himself to the crowd that shares it.”
― Tell Them of Battles, Kings, and Elephants
― Tell Them of Battles, Kings, and Elephants
“He was, in one sense, the richest man that ever lived—and yet was he worth anything at all?”
― Flappers And Philosophers
― Flappers And Philosophers
“When I was a child, luxury was fur coats, evening dresses, and villas by the sea. Later on, I thought it meant leading the life of an intellectual. Now I feel that it is also being able to live out a passion for a man or a woman.”
― Simple Passion
― Simple Passion
“Or maybe there's one thing to say, about the capitalism of the heart, the belief that the essences of life too can be seized or hoarded, that you can corner the market on confidence, stage a hostile takeover of happiness.”
― A Field Guide to Getting Lost
― A Field Guide to Getting Lost
“pride relates more to our opinion of ourselves, vanity to what we would have others think of us.”
― Pride and Prejudice
― Pride and Prejudice
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