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“The secret of life', he said, 'is to become very very good at somethin' that's very very 'ard to do.”
― The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Six More
― The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Six More
“Which executioner is the more humane, he who kills you in a few minutes or he who drags the life out of you in the course of many years”
― The Bet and Other Stories
― The Bet and Other Stories
“I came to a point where I needed solitude and just stop the machine of ‘thinking’ and ‘enjoying’ what they call ‘living’, I just wanted to lie in the grass and look at the clouds.”
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“Paris is a woman but London is an independent man puffing his pipe in a pub.”
― Lonesome Traveler
― Lonesome Traveler
“He remained annoyed with himself until he realized that not knowing what he wanted was actually quite natural. We can never know what to want, because, living only one life, we can never compare it with our previous lives nor perfect it in our lives to come.”
― The Unbearable Lightness of Being
― The Unbearable Lightness of Being
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