“If you only read the books that everyone else is reading, you can only think what everyone else is thinking.”
― Norwegian Wood
― Norwegian Wood
“My own opinion is enough for me, and I claim the right to have it defended against any consensus, any majority, anywhere, any place, any time. And anyone who disagrees with this can pick a number, get in line, and kiss my ass.”
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“Creativity is God's gift to you. What you do with it is your gift to God.”
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“Our great democracies still tend to think that a stupid man is more likely to be honest than a clever man, and our politicians take advantage of this prejudice by pretending to be even more stupid than nature made them.”
― New Hopes for a Changing World
― New Hopes for a Changing World
“Prologue
Flying 1
The almond tree knows
before all the other trees
The almond tree knows
that Spring is coming
before all the other trees
The almond tree knows
that Spring is coming
so well
it blossoms
in the winter”
― Flying 1
Flying 1
The almond tree knows
before all the other trees
The almond tree knows
that Spring is coming
before all the other trees
The almond tree knows
that Spring is coming
so well
it blossoms
in the winter”
― Flying 1
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