“Anything can happen in life, especially nothing.”
― Platform
― Platform
“The world breaks everyone and afterward many are strong at the broken places. But those that will not break it kills. It kills the very good and the very gentle and the very brave impartially. If you are none of these you can be sure it will kill you too but there will be no special hurry.”
― A Farewell to Arms
― A Farewell to Arms
“the tables were taken by law students talking about rave parties or 'junior associates', in other words, those things which interest law students”
― La carte et le territoire
― La carte et le territoire
“Silence can be either protest or consent, but most times it’s fear.”
― The Sellout
― The Sellout
“The trouble with England, he thinks, is that it's so poor in gesture. We shall have to develop a hand signal for ‘Back off, our prince is fucking this man's daughter.’ He is surprised that the Italians have not done it. Though perhaps they have, and he just never caught on.”
― Wolf Hall
― Wolf Hall
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