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To play field hockey on ice was, in his opinion, the absurd equivalent of ice-skating on a lawn.)
“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
“It is impossible to escape the impression that people commonly use false standards of measurement — that they seek power, success and wealth for themselves and admire them in others, and that they underestimate what is of true value in life.”
― Civilization and Its Discontents
― Civilization and Its Discontents
“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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“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
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