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“Actual happiness always looks pretty squalid in comparison with the overcompensations for misery. And, of course, stability isn't nearly so spectacular as instability. And being contented has none of the glamour of a good fight against misfortune, none of the picturesqueness of a struggle with temptation, or a fatal overthrow by passion or doubt. Happiness is never grand.”
― Brave New World
― Brave New World
“Vocabulary is not the same thing as feeling and plot is light years from the truth as it is understood by the mind and the heart.”
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“Dignity has no price, when someone starts making small concessions, in the end, life loses all meaning.”
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“If life was like a mystery novel, Albert, where coincidence is not allowed and the odds are never beaten for long, it would be a much tidier business. I've found, though, that in real life coincidence is not the exception but the rule.”
― Four Past Midnight
― Four Past Midnight
“Listen, this is my death poem: “Like dew I was born Like dew I vanish Osaka Castle and all that
I have ever done Is but a dream Within a dream.” A last smile, so tender, from the Despot to them and to him. “Guard my son, all of you.” And then the eyes had opaqued forever.”
― Shōgun: The Epic Novel of Japan
I have ever done Is but a dream Within a dream.” A last smile, so tender, from the Despot to them and to him. “Guard my son, all of you.” And then the eyes had opaqued forever.”
― Shōgun: The Epic Novel of Japan
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