“But the Hebrew word, the word timshel—‘Thou mayest’— that gives a choice. It might be the most important word in the world. That says the way is open. That throws it right back on a man. For if ‘Thou mayest’—it is also true that ‘Thou mayest not.”
― East of Eden
― East of Eden
“Literature is strewn with the wreckage of those who have minded beyond reason the opinion of others.”
― A Room of One's Own
― A Room of One's Own
“Dessie's friends were good and loyal but they were human, and humans love to feel good and they hate to feel bad.”
― East of Eden
― East of Eden
“You Americans, always peering under people's beds to look for communism.”
― Half of a Yellow Sun
― Half of a Yellow Sun
“One cannot think well, love well, sleep well, if one has not dined well.”
― A Room of One’s Own
― A Room of One’s Own
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