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“To have not succeeded in the world was required to be a source of shame for a person. And yet she suspected that failure in worldly terms was the condition of the majority people of the world. To have been rejected, to have lacked courage, to have tried but failed.”
― The Golden Legend
― The Golden Legend
“Books, which we mistake for consolation, only add depth to our sorrow. ”
― My Name Is Red
― My Name Is Red
“What is it you most dislike? Stupidity, especially in its nastiest forms of racism and superstition.”
― Hitch 22: A Memoir
― Hitch 22: A Memoir
“Realism can break a writer's heart.”
― Shame
― Shame
“Being in a foreign country means walking a tightrope high above the ground without the net afforded a person by the country where he has his family, colleagues, and friends, and where he can easily say what he has to say in a language he has known from childhood.”
― The Unbearable Lightness of Being
― The Unbearable Lightness of Being
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