“The trouble about jumping was that if you didn't pick the right number of storeys, you might still be alive when you hit bottom.”
― The Bell Jar
― The Bell Jar
“The evil in the world comes almost always from ignorance, and goodwill can cause as much damage as ill-will if it is not enlightened. People are more often good than bad, though in fact that is not the question. But they are more or less ignorant and this is what one calls vice or virtue, the most appalling vice being the ignorance that thinks it knows everything and which consequently authorizes itself to kill. The murderer's soul is blind, and there is no true goodness or fine love without the greatest possible degree of clear-sightedness.”
― The Plague
― The Plague
“The only good human being is a dead one.”
― Animal Farm
― Animal Farm
“Books, which we mistake for consolation, only add depth to our sorrow. ”
― My Name Is Red
― My Name Is Red
“My death conceals an appalling conspiracy against our religion, our traditions and the way we see the world. Open your eyes, discover why the enemies of the life in which you believe, of the life you’re living, and of Islam, have destroyed me. Learn why one day they might do the same to you.”
― My Name is Red
― My Name is Red
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