“Of course it was beautiful; but there was something more than beauty in it, something more stingingly splendid which had made beauty its handmaiden.”
― Martin Eden
― Martin Eden
“Nietzsche was right. I won't take the time to tell you who Nietzsche was, but he was right. The world belongs to the strong - to the strong who are noble as well and who do not wallow in the swine-trough of trade and exchange. The world belongs to the true nobleman, to the great blond beasts, to the noncompromisers, to the 'yes-sayers.”
― Martin Eden
― Martin Eden
“Alice had begun to think that very few things indeed were really impossible.”
― Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
― Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
“He was disappointed in it all. He had developed into an alien. As the steam beer had tasted raw, so their companionship seemed raw to him. He was too far removed. Too many thousands of opened books yawned between them and him. He had exiled himself. He had travelled in the vast realm of intellect until he could no longer return home. On the other hand, he was human, and his gregarious need for companionship remained unsatisfied. He had found no new home.”
― Martin Eden
― Martin Eden
“Is love so gross a thing that it must feed upon publication and public notice ? It would seem so.”
― Martin Eden
― Martin Eden
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