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“You said to me once that you weren’t what I dreamed of. You were right. You surpass everything I dreamed of. Even the rot in you that’s caused you to do shameful things. Some men let the rot and guilt fester into something ugly beyond words. Few men can turn it into worth and substance. If you’re gods’ blessed for no other reason, it’s for that.”
― Quintana of Charyn
― Quintana of Charyn
“That we find freedom, aliveness and power not from what contains, locates, or protects us but from what dissolves, reveals and expands us.”
― Insecure at Last
― Insecure at Last
“Love does not imply pacifism.”
― Endgame, Vol. 1: The Problem of Civilization
― Endgame, Vol. 1: The Problem of Civilization
“I had the fleeting thought then that we are each of us pathetic in one way or another, and the trick is to marry a person whose patheticness you can tolerate.”
― American Wife
― American Wife
“then she was laughing. They both were, and the savage teeth were the most joyous sight Phaedra had seen for a long time. It was as if they were dancing. There it was. Suddenly the strangeness of Quintana of Charyn's face made sense. Because it was a face meant for laughing, but it had never been given a chance.”
― Quintana of Charyn
― Quintana of Charyn
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