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“Those who had nothing substantial to brag about bragged the loudest.”
― Katabasis
― Katabasis
“But of course it was worth it. It was the only thing that was worth it. She had been fortunate to find a vocation that made irrelevant everything else, and anything that made you forget to eat, drink, sleep, or maintain basic relationships—anything that made you so inhumanly excited—had to be pursued with single-minded devotion.”
― Katabasis
― Katabasis
“academia respected discipline, rewarded effort, but even more, it adored genius that didn’t have to try.”
― Katabasis
― Katabasis
“Her memory did that sometimes; she confused memories and reality, her imagination was too vivid, she couldn’t help it.”
― Katabasis
― Katabasis
“The life of the mind, unfettered from commerce, was the only kind worth living.”
― Katabasis
― Katabasis
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