“The journey to understanding begins with a leap of faith.”
― Blackout
― Blackout
“Those who spy on the people end up themselves being spied on by the people. There’s a fundamental democratic logic to it.”
― The Girl in the Spider's Web
― The Girl in the Spider's Web
“This was why she enjoyed baking. A good dessert could make her feel like she'd created joy at the tips of her fingers. Suddenly, the people around the table were no longer strangers. They were friends and confidantes, and she was sharing with them her magic.”
― Heartless
― Heartless
“Humanity's true moral test, its fundamental test…consists of its attitude towards those who are at its mercy: animals.”
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“Note for a moment do I take you for a truth that is real,' Ivan exclaimed in what even amounted to fury. 'You are a falsehood, you are my illness, you are a ghost. Only I do not know how to destroy you, and perceive that for a certain time I must suffer you. You are a hallucination I am having. You are the embodiment of myself, but only of one side of me ... of my thoughts and emotions, though only those that are most loathsome and stupid. In that regard you might even be of interest to me, if only I had time to throw away on you ...”
― The Brothers Karamazov
― The Brothers Karamazov
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