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“Sadness is caused by intelligence. The more you understand certain things, the more you wish you didn't understand them.”
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“In the realm of totalitarian kitsch, all answers are given in advance and preclude any questions. It follows, then, that the true opponent of totalitarian kitsch is the person who asks questions. A question is like a knife that slices through the stage backdrop and gives us a look at what lies hidden behind it.”
― The Unbearable Lightness of Being
― The Unbearable Lightness of Being
“One of the sicknesses of the twentieth century? I'll tell you the worst one. People can't stand to be alone. Can't tolerate it! So they go to the movies, get drive-in hamburgers, put their home telephone numbers in the crapsheets and say 'Please call me up!' It's sick. People hate their own company --- they cry when they see themselves in mirrors. It scares them, the way their faces look. Maybe that's a clue to the whole thing...”
― The Mosquito Coast
― The Mosquito Coast
“Thieves of private property pass their lives in chains; thieves of public property in riches and luxury.”
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“I believe that love is the indispensable fuel for us to go on living. Someday that love may end. Or it may never amount to anything. But even if love fades away, even if it’s unrequited, you can still hold on to the memory of having loved someone, of having fallen in love with someone. And that’s a valuable source of warmth.”
― A Shinagawa Monkey
― A Shinagawa Monkey
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