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“wear flannel next to your skin, and never believe in eternal punishment.”
― Arthur & George
― Arthur & George
“Nothing can be compared to the new life that the discovery of another country provides for a thoughtful person. Although I am still the same I believe to have changed to the bones.”
― Italian Journey
― Italian Journey
“If you know that I am an unbeliever, then you know me better than I do myself. I may be an unbeliever, but I am an unbeliever who has a nostalgia for a belief.”
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“All men dream: but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds wake up in the day to find it was vanity, but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act their dreams with open eyes, to make it possible.”
― Seven Pillars of Wisdom: A Triumph
― Seven Pillars of Wisdom: A Triumph
“Siempre me han avergonzado las palabras 'sagrado', 'glorioso' y 'sacrificio', y la expresión 'en vano'. Las habíamos oído, a veces bajo la lluvia, casi inaudibles, de modo que solo entendíamos esas palabras pronunciadas a gritos, y las habíamos leído en las proclamas de los carteles, pegados sobre otras proclamas; hacía mucho tiempo que no veía nada sagrado, las cosas que antes eran gloriosas ahora carecían de gloria y los sacrificios eran como los de los mataderos de Chicago, aunque la carne solo servía para enterrarla. Había muchas palabras que no soportaba oír y al final solo los nombres de los sitios conservaban su dignidad. Las palabras abstractas como la gloria, el honor, el valor o lo sacrosanto resultaban obscenas al lado de los nombres concretos de los pueblos.”
― A Farewell to Arms
― A Farewell to Arms
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