“If the world were merely seductive, that would be easy. If it were merely challenging, that would be no problem. But I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve the world and a desire to enjoy the world. This makes it hard to plan the day.”
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“The best lack all conviction, while the worst are full of passionate intensity.”
― The Collected Poems of W.B. Yeats
― The Collected Poems of W.B. Yeats
“The present is distraction; the future a dream; only memory can unlock the meaning of life.”
― God Emperor of Dune
― God Emperor of Dune
“Sometimes there's so much beauty in the world, I feel like I can't take it, and my heart is just going to cave in.”
― American Beauty: The Shooting Script
― American Beauty: The Shooting Script
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