“I am afraid that if you want to go down into history you'll have to do something for it.”
― The Secret Agent
― The Secret Agent
“Mother died today. Or maybe yesterday; I can't be sure.”
― The Stranger
― The Stranger
“We can never cease to be ourselves.”
― The Secret Agent
― The Secret Agent
“You made me confess the fears that I have. But I will tell you also what I do not fear. I do not fear to be alone or to be spurned for another or to leave whatever I have to leave. And I am not afraid to make a mistake, even a great mistake, a lifelong mistake and perhaps as long as eternity too.”
― A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
― A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
“When a man is born...there are nets flung at it to hold it back from flight. You talk to me of nationality, language, religion. I shall try to fly by those nets.”
― A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
― A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
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