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gods most certainly never made the world for you and me: it stands too full of flaws.
flaws of the world
“Cleverness, he thinks, will get you nowhere; it is only the stupid, the brilliantly stupid, who will inherit the earth.”
― The North Water
― The North Water
“A jury of inquest was impaneled, and after due deliberation and inquiry they returned the inevitable American verdict which has been so familiar to our ears all the days of our lives—"NOBODY TO BLAME.”
― The Collected Works of Mark Twain: The Complete & Unabridged Novels
― The Collected Works of Mark Twain: The Complete & Unabridged Novels
“Without the fear of heights, there can be no appreciation for the beauty of high places. At”
― The Dark Forest
― The Dark Forest
“Rapid motion through space elates one; so does notoriety; so does the possession of money.”
― Dubliners
― Dubliners
“Scratch a guy who always talks about what a winner he is or how he’s “self-made” or how he’s pulled himself up by the bootstraps, and underneath you’ll always find a little boy who had everything handed to him.”
― Home
― Home
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