“Most human beings have an almost infinite capacity for taking things for granted.”
― Brave New World
― Brave New World
“Actual happiness always looks pretty squalid in comparison with the overcompensations for misery. And, of course, stability isn't nearly so spectacular as instability. And being contented has none of the glamour of a good fight against misfortune, none of the picturesqueness of a struggle with temptation, or a fatal overthrow by passion or doubt. Happiness is never grand.”
― Brave New World
― Brave New World
“you had nothing to say about it and yet made the nothing up into words.”
― Perelandra
― Perelandra
“Love is holy because it is like grace--the worthiness of its object is never really what matters.”
― Gilead
― Gilead
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