The Wizard of Oz and Philosophy: Wicked Wisdom of the West (Popular Culture and Philosophy Book 37)
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We acquire virtue by living through situations that force us to become either virtuous or vicious, and learning the lessons they teach.
“Illusions are to the soul what atmosphere is to the earth.”
― Orlando
― Orlando
“There is such a thing as looking through a person's eyes into the heart, and learning more of the height, and breadth, and depth of another's soul in one hour than it might take you a lifetime to discover, if he or she were not disposed to reveal it, or if you had not the sense to understand it.”
― The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
― The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
“I'm not going to act the lady among you, for fear I should starve .”
― Wuthering Heights
― Wuthering Heights
“I'm sick to death of this particular self. I want another.”
― Orlando
― Orlando
“I know what "nothing" means, and keep on playing.”
― Play It As It Lays
― Play It As It Lays
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