“Anna Karenina is sheer perfection as a work of art. No European work of fiction of our present day comes anywhere near it. Furthermore, the idea underlying it shows that it is ours, ours, something that belongs to us alone and that is our own property, our own national 'new word'or, at any rate, the beginning of it.”
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“The One that experiences itself as your body-mind is the same One that experiences itself in every other body-mind, form, or appearance that exists.”
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“The most beautiful people we have known are those who have known defeat, known suffering, known struggle, known loss, and have found their way out of the depths. These persons have an appreciation, a sensitivity, and an understanding of life that fills them with compassion, gentleness, and a deep loving concern. Beautiful people do not just happen.”
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“The Universe is not only queerer than we suppose, but queerer than we can suppose.”
― Possible Worlds
― Possible Worlds
“Biology gives you a brain. Life turns it into a mind.”
― Middlesex
― Middlesex
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