“Never underestimate the meanness in people's souls... Even when they're being kind... especially when they're being kind.”
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“I see now that we were at cross-purposes. For him, I was a blot on a spectacular ascent, as our story did not fit with the narrative of greatness and virtue he might have wanted for himself. My existence ruined his streak. For me, it was the opposite: the closer I was to him, the less I would feel ashamed; he was part of the world, and he would accelerate me into the light.”
― Small Fry
― Small Fry
“Dignity is as essential to human life as water, food, and oxygen. The stubborn retention of it, even in the face of extreme physical hardship, can hold a man's soul in his body long past the point at which the body should have surrendered it.”
― Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption
― Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption
“The first was that if one did not master one’s circumstances, one was bound to be mastered by them; and the second was Montaigne’s maxim that the surest sign of wisdom is constant cheerfulness.”
― A Gentleman in Moscow
― A Gentleman in Moscow
“It is of interest of times to change, Mr. Helecki. And it is the business of gentlemen to change with them.”
― A Gentleman in Moscow
― A Gentleman in Moscow
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