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“I was modest--they accused me of being crafty: I became secretive. I felt deeply good and evil--nobody caressed me, everybody offended me: I became rancorous. I was gloomy--other children were merry and talkative. I felt myself superior to them--but was considered inferior: I became envious. I was ready to love the whole world--none understood me: and I learned to hate.”
― A Hero of Our Time
― A Hero of Our Time
“You are not entitled to your opinion. You are entitled to your informed opinion. No one is entitled to be ignorant.”
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“There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self.”
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“I don't want to go to heaven. None of my friends are there.”
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“[...]the only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars and in the middle you see the blue centerlight pop and everybody goes “Awww!”
― On the Road
― On the Road
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