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One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This

by Omar El Akkad (Goodreads Author)

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Vīrieši manā situācijā

by Per Petterson

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What We Talk About When We Talk About Love

by Raymond Carver

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Lilu’s Quotes

“War does not determine who is right — only who is left.”
― Anonymous

tags: misattributed-bernard-shaw, misattributed-bertrand-russell, war

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“Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.”
― Albert Einstein

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“Retouching is our favourite artistic device. Each of us is a curator in his own museum. [..] Uncover A, cover up B. Remove all spots. Keep your mouth shut. Think of your tongue as a weapon. Think one thing and say another. Use orotund expressions to obfuscate your intentions. Hide what you believe. Believe what you hide.”
― Dubravka Ugrešić, The Ministry of Pain

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“The difference between genius and stupidity is: genius has its limits.”
― Alexandre Dumas-fils

tags: misattributed-to-einstein

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“Basically what we have here is a dreamer. Somebody out of touch with reality. When she jumped, she probably thought she'd fly”
― Jeffrey Eugenides, The Virgin Suicides

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