“Whoever opined "Money can't buy you happiness" obviously had far too much of the stuff.”
― Cloud Atlas
― Cloud Atlas
“To be a man is, precisely, to be responsible. It is to feel shame at the sight of what seems to be unmerited misery. It is to take pride in a victory won by one's comrades. It is to feel, when setting one's stone, that one is contributing to the building of the world.”
― Wind, Sand and Stars
― Wind, Sand and Stars
“- This isn't an interrogation or a trail. Your version of the truth is the only thing that matters.
-Truth is singular. It's 'versions' are mistruths.”
― Cloud Atlas
-Truth is singular. It's 'versions' are mistruths.”
― Cloud Atlas
“Que chaque attente, en toi, ne soit même pas un désir, mais simplement une disposition à l'accueil. Attends tout ce qui vient à toi, mais ne désire que ce qui vient à toi. Ne désire que ce que tu as.”
― Les Nourritures terrestres: suivi de Les nouvelles nourritures
― Les Nourritures terrestres: suivi de Les nouvelles nourritures
“Time is what stops history happening at once; time is the speed at which the past disappears.”
― Cloud Atlas
― Cloud Atlas
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