“Science has its place in man’s search for understanding, but science and the imagination have tended to bifurcate in the modern world; only the true poetic intellect can end this long-established dualism.”
― The Fall of the House of Usher and Other Writings
― The Fall of the House of Usher and Other Writings
“The personality of a man always poses the biggest obstacle to his own education, thought Charlie. He’s either too proud, too stubborn, or too timid to submit to the process of discovery. Many of life’s lessons come through trial or tribulation, and the cost of those lessons shouldn’t be taken lightly. But at least half of what a man hasn’t learned in his lifetime he could have learned with ease. This is one of the insights that comes with age—when one understands the nature of discovery but no longer has the time or energy to submit to its splendors. Thus, we are doomed to end our days in an ignorance largely of our own making.”
― Table for Two
― Table for Two
“Never trust anyone who holds so strictly to decorum.”
― Eileen
― Eileen
“This charm we find in other people is all in the mind; it's only love which makes the loved one appear so wonderful.”
― Les Liaisons dangereuses
― Les Liaisons dangereuses
“Most importantly we have to promote general social concern and less materialism in young people.”
― American Psycho
― American Psycho
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