“That’s the duty of the old,” said the Librarian, “to be anxious on behalf of the young. And the duty of the young is to scorn the anxiety of the old.”


“Only human beings and rabid animals turn on their own kind,”
― The Sundial
― The Sundial

“Some cynical Frenchman has said that there are two parties to a love-transaction: the one who loves and the other who condescends to be so treated.”
― Vanity Fair
― Vanity Fair

“Try to understand men, if you understand each other you will be kind to each other. Knowing a man well never leads to hate and nearly always leads to love.”
― Of Mice and Men
― Of Mice and Men

“But man is not made for defeat,” he said. “A man can be destroyed but not defeated.”
― The Old Man and the Sea
― The Old Man and the Sea

“Thank you,” the old man said. He was too simple to wonder when he had attained humility. But he knew he had attained it and he knew it was not disgraceful and it carried no loss of true pride.”
― The Old Man and the Sea
― The Old Man and the Sea
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