“Things are what they are, and whatever will be, will be.”
― The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared
― The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared
“It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live.”
― Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
― Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
“Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past.”
― 1984
― 1984
“There is a great difference between one idler and another idler. There is someone who is an idler out of laziness and lack of character, owing to the baseness of his nature. If you like, you may take me for one of those. Then there is the other kind of idler, the idler despite himself, who is inwardly consumed by a great longing for action who does nothing because his hands are tied, because he is, so to speak, imprisoned somewhere, because he lacks what he needs to be productive, because disastrous circumstances have brought him forcibly to this end. Such a one does not always know what he can do, but he nevertheless instinctively feels, I am good for something! My existence is not without reason! I know that I could be a quite a different person! How can I be of use, how can I be of service? There is something inside me, but what can it be? He is quite another idler. If you like you may take me for one of those.”
― The Letters of Vincent van Gogh
― The Letters of Vincent van Gogh
“People could behave how they liked, but Allan considered that in general it was quite unnecessary to be grumpy if you had the chance not to.”
― The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared
― The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared
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