“I am I, and I wish I weren't.”
― Brave New World
― Brave New World
“You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from.”
― No Country for Old Men
― No Country for Old Men
“In a closed society where everybody's guilty, the only crime is getting caught. In a world of thieves, the only final sin is stupidity.”
― Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream
― Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream
“I have this disease late at night sometimes, involving alcohol and the telephone.”
― Slaughterhouse-Five
― Slaughterhouse-Five
“I leave Sisyphus at the foot of the mountain. One always finds one's burden again. But Sisyphus teaches the higher fidelity that negates the gods and raises rocks. He too concludes that all is well. This universe henceforth without a master seems to him neither sterile nor futile. Each atom of that stone, each mineral flake of that night-filled mountain, in itself, forms a world. The struggle itself toward the heights is enough to fill a man's heart. One must imagine Sisyphus happy.”
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