“Thus it is that no cruelty whatsoever passes by without impact. Thus it is that we always pay dearly for chasing after what is cheap.”
― The Gulag Archipelago 1918–1956
― The Gulag Archipelago 1918–1956
“You are never stronger...than when you land on the other side of despair.”
― White Teeth
― White Teeth
“I think the writing of literature should give pleasure. What else should it be about? It is not nuclear physics. It actually has to give pleasure or it is worth nothing.”
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“Sometimes books don't find us until the right time.”
― The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry
― The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry
“how different it would be if others weren’t always greedy for their oil. He wrote about how the British and the Russians competed for influence in their country.”
― The Stationery Shop
― The Stationery Shop
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