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“Kris had been alive long enough to know it was dangerous when men accused you of being better than them.”
― We Sold Our Souls
― We Sold Our Souls
“A society is moving toward dangerous ground when loyalty to the truth is seen as disloyalty to some supposedly higher interest. How many times has history taught us this?”
― What Are We Doing Here?
― What Are We Doing Here?
“And the primary if not only difference between the liberals and the illiberals on this issue is that the American alt-right and France's National Front and Germany's National Democratic Party (I haven't been to England, so will leave them out of this) will try their best to kill you quickly or keep you out of the West altogether, whereas the liberals will write elaborate pamphlets about your condition while doing little to change it and even less to come in contact with it -- or with you, for that matter.”
― There Will Be No Miracles Here: A Memoir
― There Will Be No Miracles Here: A Memoir
“To express the love of two lovers by the marriage of two complementary colours, their blending and their contrast, the mysterious vibrations of related tones. To express the thought of a brow by the radiance of a light tone against a dark background. To express hope by some star. Someone's passion by the radiance of the setting sun. That's certainly no realistic trompe l'oeil, but something that really exists, isn't it?”
― The Letters of Vincent van Gogh
― The Letters of Vincent van Gogh
“To be alone there and in silence was like coming suddenly under the lee of a wall on a wild, windy day, so that one can breathe and collect oneself again.”
― Till we have Faces: A Myth Retold
― Till we have Faces: A Myth Retold
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