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The typical American preferred the canned version of philosophy found in how-to manuals, but even average Frenchmen and Vietnamese cherished a love of knowledge.
“God is the most uninteresting answer to the most interesting questions.”
― Trust
― Trust
“With this fearful intimation there opened in me a hatred for Giovanni which was as powerful as my love and which was nourished by the same roots.”
― Giovanni’s Room
― Giovanni’s Room
“So, I am not mad, nor am I a sex maniac. Simply, at the age of forty, I have decided to live as I please, not worrying about conventions, or laws, because I have found out, rather late in the day, that nobody observes them and that, until now, I have been duped.”
― The Man Who Watched the Trains Go By
― The Man Who Watched the Trains Go By
“If unkindness is indeed a serial killer, then my revelation is that I was my own murderer. I had taught myself to bend to my own unkindness first, so that I would be able to withstand the unkindness of others. I will not bend anymore.”
― Unbound: My Story of Liberation and the Birth of the Me Too Movement
― Unbound: My Story of Liberation and the Birth of the Me Too Movement
“And like the old men who sat around the piazzetta facing the Piave memorial, we’ll speak about two young men who found much happiness for a few weeks and lived the remainder of their lives dipping cotton swabs into that bowl of happiness, fearing they’d use it up, without daring to drink more than a thimbleful on ritual anniversaries”
― Call Me By Your Name
― Call Me By Your Name
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