“My ancestors were Brahmins. They spent their lives in search of god. I am spending my life in search of man.”
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“I have no profession. It is another example of my decadence. My attitude - quite an indefensible one - is that so long as I am no trouble to any one I have a right to do as I like. I know I ought to be getting money out of people, or devoting myself to things I don’t care a straw about, but somehow, I’ve not been able to begin.”
“You are quite fortunate, it is quite a wonderful opportunity, the possession of leisure.”
― A Room with a View
“You are quite fortunate, it is quite a wonderful opportunity, the possession of leisure.”
― A Room with a View
“I am only one, but I am one. I cannot do everything, but I can do something. And because I cannot do everything, I will not refuse to do the something that I can do.”
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“I swear from the bottom of my heart I want to be healed. I want to be like other men, not this outcast whom nobody wants.”
― Maurice
― Maurice
“Once, if my memory serves me well, my life was a banquet where every heart revealed itself, where every wine flowed.”
― A Season in Hell
― A Season in Hell
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