“What if there was something essentially wrong with Claude Sylvanshine that wasn't wrong with other people? What if he was simple ill-suited, the way some people are born without limbs or certain organs? The neurology of failure. What if he was simply born and destined to live in the shadow of Total Fear and Despair, and all his so-called activities were pathetic attempts to distract him from the inevitable?”
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“Art is long, life short, judgment difficult, opportunity transient. To act is easy, to think is hard; to act according to our thought is troublesome.”
― Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship
― Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship
“Gli esseri umani spesso non riescono a cogliere ciò che li riguarda più da vicino, benché agli altri quello stesso elemento appaia invece palese.”
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“Gentlemen, welcome to the world of reality—there is no audience. No one to applaud, to admire. No one to see you. Do you understand? Here is the truth—actual heroism receives no ovation, entertains no one. No one queues up to see it. No one is interested.”
― The Pale King: An Unfinished Novel
― The Pale King: An Unfinished Novel
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