"When?" Halvy demanded. "When will I be ready?" "When you stop asking when you'll be ready," Kaelithan said quietly. "When you understand that this isn't about proving yourself or seeking glory."
“But can those have been possible seeing that they never were? Or was that only possible which came to pass?”
― Ulysses by James Joyce
― Ulysses by James Joyce
“It was so much easier to blame it on Them. It was bleakly depressing to think that They were Us. If it was Them, then nothing was anyone’s fault.”
― Jingo
― Jingo
“Love is a decision.’ ‘Love is a decision?’ ‘That’s right. A decision. Not a feeling.”
― The Last Anniversary
― The Last Anniversary
“Even the best of writings are but a reminiscence of what we know...”
― Phaedrus
― Phaedrus
“we often make fun of intellectuals for their doubts, their split personalities, their Hamlet-like indecisiveness. When I was young I despised that side of myself. Now, though, I’ve changed my mind: humanity owes many great books and great discoveries to people who were indecisive and full of doubts; they have achieved at least as much as the simpletons who never hesitate. And when it comes to the crunch, they too are prepared to go to the stake; they stand just as firm under fire as the people who are always strong-willed and resolute.”
― Life and Fate
― Life and Fate
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