“Indeed — why should I not admit it? — in that moment, my heart was breaking.”
― The Remains of the Day
― The Remains of the Day
“Large numbers of strangers can cooperate successfully by believing in common myths. Any large-scale human cooperation – whether a modern state, a medieval church, an ancient city or an archaic tribe – is rooted in common myths that exist only in people’s collective imagination.”
― Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
― Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
“Perhaps it is indeed time I began to look at this whole matter of bantering more enthusiastically. After all, when one thinks about it, it is not such a foolish thing to indulge in - particularly if it is the case that in bantering lies the key to human warmth.”
― The Remains of the Day
― The Remains of the Day
“What is pertinent is the calmness of beauty, its sense of restraint. It is as though the land knows of its own beauty, its own greatness, and feels no need to shout it.”
― The Remains of the Day
― The Remains of the Day
“You belong to me and all Paris belongs to me and I belong to this notebook and this pencil.”
― A Moveable Feast
― A Moveable Feast
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