“Although a Catholic by baptism, I have not the gift of faith, and I envy those who find in it a refuge from their torments.”
“What do you think spies are: priests, saints, and martyrs? They’re a squalid procession of vain fools, traitors too, yes; pansies, sadists, and drunkards, people who play cowboys and Indians to brighten their rotten lives.”
― The Spy Who Came in from the Cold
― The Spy Who Came in from the Cold
“was ashamed of Father, who didn’t care what anyone thought. And I envied him for being so free, and hated myself for feeling ashamed.”
― The Mosquito Coast
― The Mosquito Coast
“Él que menos habla es el más chingón. He who speaks least has the most power.”
― The Cartel
― The Cartel
“The two aims of the Party are to conquer the whole surface of the earth and to extinguish once and for all the possibility of independent thought.”
― Animal Farm and 1984
― Animal Farm and 1984
“He who would be a man must be a non-conformist.”
― Playmates
― Playmates
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