“Our cellmate stared over his gathered knees at the far wall, drunk as a pickled fish, bony in that old-man way, like he’s easing into his coming skeletonhood.”
― The Blacktongue Thief
― The Blacktongue Thief
“Only with arrogance can one live in the world. If you do not wish or know how to use arrogance, others will use it against you. So be arrogant. The same goes for imposture.”
― Zibaldone
― Zibaldone
“There’s nothing like the stars far out at sea, with no torch nor lantern to argue their majesty with them.”
― The Blacktongue Thief
― The Blacktongue Thief
“The most certain way of concealing the limits of your knowledge is never to exceed them.”
― Zibaldone
― Zibaldone
“It's sad, but the world's made of sadness. if you hadn't noticed, great gray bricks of it and mortared all together with pain and obligation.”
― The Blacktongue Thief
― The Blacktongue Thief
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