The encyclopedias are empty. There are people who trick you and deliver emptiness with a smile, while others rob you of your self-respect. You need to remember who you are.
“She laughed, but it was bitter. “Not your circus, Dalton. Not your monkeys.”
― Winter's Redemption
― Winter's Redemption
“Those women, her age and a little older, who’d all gone crazy or who were hooking in the Polo Lounge or who were married to real old movie stars and had to look old too, to match. Those occasional men of genius who, like one friend of hers, could cast the right person for the right part and never miss—never.”
― Sex and Rage
― Sex and Rage
“Capitalism has killed millions out of cold indifference coupled with greed. The Atlantic slave trade did not stem from racist hatred towards Africans. The individuals who bought the shares, the brokers who sold them, and the managers of the slave-trade companies rarely thought about the Africans. Nor did the owners of the sugar plantations. Many owners lived far from their plantations, and the only information they demanded were neat ledgers of profits and losses.”
― Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
― Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
“If all the heavens were paper and all the water in the world were ink and all the trees were turned into pens, you could not even then record the sufferings and horrors.”
― 1945: The World We Fought For
― 1945: The World We Fought For
“family life is like that of nations: each member battles for his measure of air and light, of nourishment and territory, and particularly for that measure of admiration and attention which is called ‘glory.’ It is like a forest; each tree must fight for its sunlight; under the ground the roots engage in a death struggle for moisture. We are told that some even exude an acidity that is noxious to all except themselves. Mr. Frazier, in every lively healthy family there is one who must pay.”
― The Eighth Day: A Novel
― The Eighth Day: A Novel
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