“he knew he would always be the sad one: caged in that little round of skull, imprisoned in that beating and most secret heart, his life must always walk down lonely passages. Lost. He understood that men were forever strangers to one another, that no one ever comes really to know any one,”
― Look Homeward, Angel
― Look Homeward, Angel
“The Unexplorer"
There was a road ran past our house
Too lovely to explore.
I asked my mother once—she said
That if you followed where it led
It brought you to the milk-man’s door.
(That’s why I have not traveled more.)”
―
There was a road ran past our house
Too lovely to explore.
I asked my mother once—she said
That if you followed where it led
It brought you to the milk-man’s door.
(That’s why I have not traveled more.)”
―
“The Prisoner
All right,
Go ahead!
What's in a name?
I guess I'll be locked into
As much as I'm locked out of!”
― A Few Figs from Thistles
All right,
Go ahead!
What's in a name?
I guess I'll be locked into
As much as I'm locked out of!”
― A Few Figs from Thistles
“To argue with a person who has renounced
the use of reason is like administering
medicine to the dead.”
―
the use of reason is like administering
medicine to the dead.”
―
“As a matter of fact, the person who loves everybody and feels at home everywhere is the true hater of mankind. He expects nothing of men, so no form of depravity can outrage him.”
― The Fountainhead
― The Fountainhead
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