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“And the poor beetle, that we tread upon,
In corporal sufferance finds a pang as great
As when a giant dies.”
― Measure for Measure
In corporal sufferance finds a pang as great
As when a giant dies.”
― Measure for Measure
“Now the trumpet summons us again—not as a call to bear arms, though arms we need; not as a call to battle, though embattled we are—but a call to bear the burden of a long twilight struggle, year in and year out, "rejoicing in hope, patient in tribulation"—a struggle against the common enemies of man: tyranny, poverty, disease, and war itself.
Inaugural Adress, January 20, 1961”
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Inaugural Adress, January 20, 1961”
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“I know so many last words. But I will never know hers.”
― Looking for Alaska
― Looking for Alaska
“I loved her against reason, against promise, against peace, against hope, against happiness, against all discouragement that could be.”
― Great Expectations
― Great Expectations
“I see a beautiful city and a brilliant people rising from this abyss. I see the lives for which I lay down my life, peaceful, useful, prosperous and happy. I see that I hold a sanctuary in their hearts, and in the hearts of their descendants, generations hence. It is a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done; it is a far, far better rest that I go to than I have ever known.”
― A Tale of Two Cities
― A Tale of Two Cities
Ívar’s 2025 Year in Books
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