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“No one will read that book again because that is the nature of most books: read once, if at all, then shelved with the words locked inside.”
― Hawk Mountain
― Hawk Mountain
“They all shared a certain coolness, a cruel, mannered charm which was not modern in the least but had the strange cold breath of the ancient world : they were magnificent creatures, such eyes, such hands, such looks - sic oculos, sic ille manus, sic ora ferebat.”
― The Secret History
― The Secret History
“The things you think about determine the quality of your mind. Your soul takes on the color of your thoughts.”
― Meditations
― Meditations
“When I was young and filled with folly, I fell in love with melancholy”
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“Authoritarianism appeals, simply, to people who cannot tolerate complexity: there is nothing intrinsically “left-wing” or “right-wing” about this instinct at all. It is anti-pluralist. It is suspicious of people with different ideas. It is allergic to fierce debates. Whether those who have it ultimately derive their politics from Marxism or nationalism is irrelevant. It is a frame of mind, not a set of ideas.”
― Twilight of Democracy: The Seductive Lure of Authoritarianism
― Twilight of Democracy: The Seductive Lure of Authoritarianism
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