“Men have imagined republics and principalities that never really existed at all. Yet the way men live is so far removed from the way they ought to live that anyone who abandons what ‘is’ for what ‘should be’ pursues his downfall rather than his preservation; for a man who strives after goodness in all his acts is sure to come to ruin, since there are so many men who are not good.”
― The Bone Clocks
― The Bone Clocks
“A good book ... leaves you wanting to reread the book. A great book compels you to reread your own soul.”
― The Narrow Road to the Deep North
― The Narrow Road to the Deep North
“He had avoided what he regarded as some obvious errors of life, such as politics and golf.”
― The Narrow Road to the Deep North
― The Narrow Road to the Deep North
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