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"‘But in living matter, suffering is not the measure of life: suffering is the fatal by-product and, no matter how sharp, is negligible.’" — Jul 14, 2026 03:31PM
"‘But in living matter, suffering is not the measure of life: suffering is the fatal by-product and, no matter how sharp, is negligible.’" — Jul 14, 2026 03:31PM
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"‘Death would like dearly to have me, and I would like dearly to have him. It is a flirtation that has its source in mutual desire. We do not love each other, Death and I,—we are not friends. But we desire each other sensually, lustfully.’" — Jun 15, 2025 08:27PM
"‘Death would like dearly to have me, and I would like dearly to have him. It is a flirtation that has its source in mutual desire. We do not love each other, Death and I,—we are not friends. But we desire each other sensually, lustfully.’" — Jun 15, 2025 08:27PM
“There is, in fact, not much point in writing a novel unless you can show the possibility of moral transformation, or an increase in wisdom, operating in your chief character or characters. Even trashy bestsellers show people changing. When a fictional work fails to show change, when it merely indicates that human character is set, stony, unregenerable, then you are out of field of the novel and into that of the fable or the allegory.
- from the introduction of the 1986 Norton edition”
― A Clockwork Orange
- from the introduction of the 1986 Norton edition”
― A Clockwork Orange
“If you live in a graveyard, you can't weep for everyone.”
― The Gulag Archipelago, 1918-1956: An Experiment in Literary Investigation, Books III-IV
― The Gulag Archipelago, 1918-1956: An Experiment in Literary Investigation, Books III-IV
“...во всех областях жизни - в области государственного строительства, общественной организации, экономической деятельности и культурного творчества - Россия в предвоенную эпоху быстро и успешно шла вперед, изживая свою отсталость и свои недостатки. Война и революция оборвали эту линию восходящего развития.”
― Россия в ХІХ веке
― Россия в ХІХ веке
“Philip revealed his carefully cloaked emotions when he wrote to his mother-in-law, "Cherish Lilibet? I wonder if that word is enough to express what is in me." He declared that his new wife was "the only 'thing' in this world which is absolutely real to me, and my ambition is to weld the two of us into a new combined existence that will not only be able to withstand the shocks directed at us but will also have a positive existence for the good”
― Elizabeth the Queen: The Life of a Modern Monarch
― Elizabeth the Queen: The Life of a Modern Monarch
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