“There is scarcely any passion without struggle.”
― The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays
― The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays
“A writer is someone for whom writing is more difficult than it is for other people.”
― Essays of Three Decades
― Essays of Three Decades
“A person often meets his destiny on the road he took to avoid it.”
― Fables
― Fables
“I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain.”
― Dune
― Dune
“You might as well answer the door, my child,
the truth is furiously knocking.”
― Good Woman: Poems and a Memoir 1969-1980
the truth is furiously knocking.”
― Good Woman: Poems and a Memoir 1969-1980
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