Sarah Barnes
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“The hope of being relieved gives him the courage to suffer.”
― Swann’s Way
― Swann’s Way
“We always need a sound reason to move on, and we always pretend to have it.”
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“Freedom has long proven too heady an elixir for America's masses, weakened and confused as they are by conflicting commitments to puritanical morality and salacious greed.”
― Wild Ducks Flying Backward
― Wild Ducks Flying Backward
“It was not laziness if he was a rich man. Only the poor were lazy. Just as only the poor were ignorant. A rich man who didn’t know anything was spoiled or independent.”
― East of Eden
― East of Eden
“Tranquility, compassion, and wisdom are the components of fearlessness, not power, control, and remaining unaffected.”
― How Not to Be Afraid of Your Own Life: Opening Your Heart to Confidence, Intimacy, and Joy
― How Not to Be Afraid of Your Own Life: Opening Your Heart to Confidence, Intimacy, and Joy
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