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In the twentieth century, power announced itself. In the twenty-first, the surest way to spot real power is by its understatement.
“The reading of all good books is like conversation with the finest men of past centuries.”
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“Einmal ist keinmal, says Tomas to himself. What happens but once, says the German adage, might as well not have happened at all. If we have only one life to live, we might as well not have lived at all.”
― The Unbearable Lightness of Being
― The Unbearable Lightness of Being
“There are two motives for reading a book; one, that you enjoy it; the other, that you can boast about it.”
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“Isn't it enough to see that a garden is beautiful without having to believe that there are fairies at the bottom of it too?”
― The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
― The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
“Remembrance of things past is not necessarily the remembrance of things as they were.”
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