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“It’s hard to do the right thing,” I told Jim, “when you’re not sure what it is.” “That’s the great advantage the religious fanatics have,” he said. “They always know.” “Puts them way ahead of me.” “Me too,” he said, “and the gap is ever
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“Maurice kept writing, though. It’s hard to stop, once you’ve acquired the habit. On the page, he could say things he didn’t seem able to say out loud. It was calm there, and in his control. Once he told a friend, “I write essays, and because nobody reads my essays, I send them as letters to people.”
― A Marriage at Sea: A True Story of Love, Obsession, and Shipwreck
― A Marriage at Sea: A True Story of Love, Obsession, and Shipwreck
“The bravest and most noble are not those who take up arms, but those who are decent despite everything; who improve what it is in their power to improve, but do not imagine themselves to be saviours. In their humble struggle is true heroism.”
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