“When we look at modern man, we have to face the fact...that modern man suffers from a kind of poverty of the spirit, which stands in glaring contrast to his scientific and technological abundance; We've learned to fly the air like birds, we've learned to swim the seas like fish, and yet we haven't learned to walk the Earth as brothers and sisters...”
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“That's the thing about books. They let you travel without moving your feet.”
― The Namesake
― The Namesake
“Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past.”
― 1984
― 1984
“Perhaps one did not want to be loved so much as to be understood.”
― 1984
― 1984
“Young people want mirrors. Older people want art.”
― Burnt Tongues
― Burnt Tongues
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