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“And above all, watch with glittering eyes the whole world around you because the greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places. Those who don't believe in magic will never find it.”
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“The ability to read awoke inside of me some long dormant craving to be mentally alive.”
― The Autobiography of Malcolm X
― The Autobiography of Malcolm X
“The sad truth is the truth is sad.”
― The Hostile Hospital
― The Hostile Hospital
“So early in my life, I had learned that if you want something, you had better make some noise.”
― The Autobiography of Malcolm X [Japanese-Language Edition].
― The Autobiography of Malcolm X [Japanese-Language Edition].
“I do not know if it has ever been noted before that one of the main characteristics of life is discreteness. Unless a film of flesh envelopes us, we die. Man exists only insofar as he is separated from his surroundings. The cranium is a space-traveler's helmet. Stay inside or you perish. Death is divestment, death is communion. It may be wonderful to mix with the landscape, but to do so is the end of the tender ego.”
― Pnin
― Pnin
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