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To play field hockey on ice was, in his opinion, the absurd equivalent of ice-skating on a lawn.)
“He who is cruel to animals becomes hard also in his dealings with men. We can judge the heart of a man by his treatment of animals.”
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“Once you've published a book you are often asked why you did it- as if you've stolen an ashtray- and you will find me, in one of these essays, dutifully trying to account for my crime.”
― Burning Questions: Essays and Occasional Pieces, 2004 to 2021
― Burning Questions: Essays and Occasional Pieces, 2004 to 2021
“Right or wrong, it's very pleasant to break something from time to time.”
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“The belly is an ungrateful wretch, it never remembers past favors, it always wants more tomorrow.”
― One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
― One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
“People speak sometimes about the "bestial" cruelty of man, but that is terribly unjust and offensive to beasts, no animal could ever be so cruel as a man, so artfully, so artistically cruel.”
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