jeremy

“a man was on his way to the gallows when he met another, who asked him: where are you going, my friend? and the condemned man replied: i'm not going anywhere. they're taking me by force.”
― José Saramago, The Year of the Death of Ricardo Reis

“What we need now are heroes and heroines, about a million of them, one brave deed is worth a thousand books. Sentiment without action is the ruin of the soul.”
― Edward Abbey

“I hate mankind, for I think myself one of the best of them, and I know how bad I am.”
― Samuel Johnson

“Wise is the man who contents himself with the spectacle of the world.”
― Ricardo Reis