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Piker7977’s Quotes

“There is no greater impotence in all the world like knowing you are right and that the wave of the world is wrong, yet the wave crashes upon you.”
― Norman Mailer

tags: life

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“Of all manifestations of power, restraint impresses men the most.”
― F. B. Jevons, A History Of Greek Literature: From The Earliest Period To The Death Of Demosthenes

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“Sometimes, immersed in his books, there would come to him the awareness of all that he did not know, of all that he had not read; and the serenity for which he labored was shattered as he realized the little time he had in life to read so much, to learn what he had to know.”
― John Williams, Stoner

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“Every day is a lie. But you are dying. That is not a lie. ”
― Cormac McCarthy, The Road

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“Style is knowing who you are, what you want to say, and not giving a damn.”
― Gore Vidal

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