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I had great ambitions and extravagant dreams, but so did the errand boy and the seamstress, for everyone has dreams; the only difference is whether or not we have the strength to fulfil them or a destiny that will fulfil them through us.
“I’ve come to the realization that I’m always thinking and listening to two things at once.”
― The Book of Disquiet
― The Book of Disquiet
“I am the centre of everything surrounded by the great nothing.”
― The Book of Disquiet
― The Book of Disquiet
“Caesar gave the ultimate definition of ambition when he said: ‘Better to be the chief of a village than a subaltern in Rome’.”
― The Book of Disquiet
― The Book of Disquiet
“You’re a classic case of Horney’s: the man who comforts himself not with what he achieves, but with what he dreams of achieving.”
― The Dice Man
― The Dice Man
“Perhaps it’s my destiny to remain a book-keeper for ever and for poetry and literature to remain simply butterflies that alight on my head and merely underline my own ridiculousness by their very beauty.”
― The Book of Disquiet
― The Book of Disquiet
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