“There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self.”
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“Everyone has a thousand wishes before a tragedy, but just one afterward.”
― Beartown
― Beartown
“[...]the only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars and in the middle you see the blue centerlight pop and everybody goes “Awww!”
― On the Road
― On the Road
“Look, let me put it this way: with me, you’re number one and there isn’t even a number two.”
― Women
― Women
“But there are certain meanings that are lost forever the moment they are explained in words.”
― 1Q84
― 1Q84
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