“who wishes to fight must first count the cost”
― The Art of War
― The Art of War
“He had never regarded other men as anything but puppets of a sort, created to fill up an empty world. He divided them into two classes: those he greeted because some chance had put him in contact with them, and those he did not greet. But both these categories of individuals were equally insignificant in his eyes.
("An Old Man")”
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("An Old Man")”
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“Memories can be hard to forget and painful to remember that those who hate us now once loved us.”
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“Well, as you can plainly see, the possibilities are endless like meandering paths in a great big beautiful garden.”
― Naked Lunch: The Restored Text
― Naked Lunch: The Restored Text
“But destiny will be accomplished, and the best man will hold his ground while the undeserving one will vanish into his back-alley for ever - his filthy back-alley, his beloved back-alley, where he is at home and where he will sink in filth and stench at his own free will with enjoyment.”
― The Brothers Karamazov
― The Brothers Karamazov
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