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Tout finit par passer, ma Nana. Les colères, les déceptions, les tracas, les joies, la fatigue. Tout ce qui reste jusqu’au dernier moment, qu’elles soient encore de ce monde ou non, ce sont les personnes que l’on aime.
“Motherlands are castles made of glass. In order to leave them, you have to break something – a wall, a social convention, a cultural norm, a psychological barrier, a heart. What you have broken will haunt you. To be an emigré, therefore, means to forever bear shards of glass in your pockets. It is easy to forget they are there, light and minuscule as they are, and go on with your life, your little ambitions and important plans, but at the slightest contact the shards will remind you of their presence. They will cut you deep.”
― How to Stay Sane in an Age of Division
― How to Stay Sane in an Age of Division
“It sounds like you're saying we can choose to live. Or we can choose to survive.”
― The Immortalists
― The Immortalists
“We must strive to become intellectual nomads, keep moving, keep learning, resist confining ourselves in any cultural or mental ghetto, and spend more time not in select centres but at the margins, which is where real change always comes from.”
― How to Stay Sane in an Age of Division
― How to Stay Sane in an Age of Division
“It was awful to have no one belonging to you, and to belong to no one.”
― High Wages
― High Wages
“Since Wilfrid had introduced her to H.G. Wells, Jane's life had been different. Her horizons had widened and extended incredibly. H.G. Wells was like wind blowing through her mind. She felt strong and exhilarated after reading him. It didn't matter whether she agreed with him or not. She wasn't sure that he ever pointed out any road that she could follow. It didn't matter. He made her want to get up and fight and go on.”
― High Wages
― High Wages
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