“I know that disavowal is an unusal form of betrayal. From the outside it is impossible to tell if you are disowning someone or simply exercising discretion, being considerate, avoiding embarrassments and sources of irritation. But you, who are doing the disowning, you know what you're doing. And disavowal pulls the underpinnings away from a relationship just as surely as other more flamboyant types of betrayal.”
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“When the soul suffers too much, it develops a taste for misfortune.”
― The First Man
― The First Man
“A man sees in the world what he carries in his heart.”
― Faust, First Part
― Faust, First Part
“I know that man is capable of great deeds. But if he isn't capable of great emotion, well, he leaves me cold.”
― The Plague
― The Plague
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