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“How important can it be that I suffer and think? My presence in this world will disturb a few tranquil lives and will unsettle the unconscious and pleasant naiveté of others. Although I feel that my tragedy is the greatest in history—greater than the fall of empires—I am nevertheless aware of my total insignificance. I am absolutely persuaded that I am nothing in this universe; yet I feel that mine is the only real existence.”
― On the Heights of Despair
― On the Heights of Despair
“In a word, literature is my Utopia. Here I am not disfranchised. No barrier of the senses shuts me out from the sweet, gracious discourse of my book-friends. They talk to me without embarrassment or awkwardness. The things I have learned and the things I have been taught seem of ridiculously little importance compared with their "large loves and heavenly charities.”
― The Story of My Life
― The Story of My Life
“How do you defeat terrorism? Don’t be terrorized.”
― Step Across This Line: Collected Nonfiction 1992-2002
― Step Across This Line: Collected Nonfiction 1992-2002
“It is the power of the mind to be unconquerable.”
― The Stoic Philosophy of Seneca: Essays and Letters
― The Stoic Philosophy of Seneca: Essays and Letters
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