The god of sleep has an identical twin, Thanatos, the god of death.
“After all, what can a first impression tell us about someone we’ve just met for a minute in the lobby of a hotel? For that matter, what can a first impression tell us about anyone? Why, no more than a chord can tell us about Beethoven, or a brushstroke about Botticelli. By their very nature, human beings are so capricious, so complex, so delightfully contradictory, that they deserve not only our consideration, but our reconsideration—and our unwavering determination to withhold our opinion until we have engaged with them in every possible setting at every possible hour.”
― A Gentleman in Moscow
― A Gentleman in Moscow
“The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion.”
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“You will never be happy if you continue to search for what happiness consists of. You will never live if you are looking for the meaning of life.”
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“In fact, most things that threaten to last forever often become quite annoying.”
― Without Reservations: The Travels of an Independent Woman
― Without Reservations: The Travels of an Independent Woman
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