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failures. History, in any case, cannot be reduced to some sort of game of comparing misdeeds in different eras; each period must be judged in itself and for its own successes and transgressions.
“Expectations are like hidden rocks in your path- all they do is trip you up.”
― The Palace of Illusions
― The Palace of Illusions
“Humans who think we don’t understand them are the stupid ones.”
― The Travelling Cat Chronicles
― The Travelling Cat Chronicles
“At that moment, we were without doubt the greatest travellers in the world. And I was the world’s greatest travelling cat.”
― The Travelling Cat Chronicles
― The Travelling Cat Chronicles
“She laughed out loud. 'I can't teach you that,' she said. 'Love comes like lightning, and disappears the same way. If you're lucky, it strikes you right. If not, you'll spend your life yearning for a man you can't have. I advise you to forget about love, princess. Pleasure is simpler, and duty more important. Learn to be satisfied with them.' I should have believed her and modified my expectations. But I didn't. Deep in my stubborn heart I was convinced I deserved more.”
― The Palace of Illusions
― The Palace of Illusions
“For indeed, a man who aspires to rise above the mediocre, to be something more than ordinary, surely deserves admiration, even if in the end he fails and loses a fortune on account of his ambitions.”
― An Artist of the Floating World
― An Artist of the Floating World
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