“But it's not easy. I've been thinking it over for years. While we loved each other we didn't need words to make ourselves understood. But people don't love forever. A time came when I should have found the words to keep her with me, only I couldn't.”
― The Plague
― The Plague
“But, you know, I feel more fellowship with the defeated than with saints. Heroism and sanctity don't really appeal to me, I imagine. What interests me is being a man.”
― The Plague
― The Plague
“A man is rich in proportion to the number of things which he can afford to let alone.”
― Walden or, Life in the Woods
― Walden or, Life in the Woods
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