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“When you aren't sincere you need to pretend, and by pretending you end up believing yourself; that's the basic principle of every faith.”
― Alberto Moravia, The Time of Indifference

“Sometimes, immersed in his books, there would come to him the awareness of all that he did not know, of all that he had not read; and the serenity for which he labored was shattered as he realized the little time he had in life to read so much, to learn what he had to know.”
― John Williams, Stoner

“This thought strengthened in me my belief that all men, without exception, deserve to be pitied, if only because they are alive.”
― Alberto Moravia, The Woman of Rome

“Do your bit to save humanity from lapsing back into barbarity by reading all the novels you can.”
― Richard Hughes