“It is not life that's complicated, it's the struggle to guide and control life.”
― This Side of Paradise
― This Side of Paradise
“There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self.”
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“Life doesn't require ideals. It requires standards of action.”
― Norwegian Wood
― Norwegian Wood
“You'll find another.'
God! Banish the thought. Why don't you tell me that 'if the girl had been worth having she'd have waited for you'? No, sir, the girl really worth having won't wait for anybody.”
― This Side of Paradise
God! Banish the thought. Why don't you tell me that 'if the girl had been worth having she'd have waited for you'? No, sir, the girl really worth having won't wait for anybody.”
― This Side of Paradise
“If you only read the books that everyone else is reading, you can only think what everyone else is thinking.”
― Norwegian Wood
― Norwegian Wood
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