“I go to seek a great perhaps”
― The General in His Labyrinth
― The General in His Labyrinth
“Because people often ask, I’ll say it here directly: I have no intention of running for office, ever. I’ve never been a fan of politics, and my experience over the last ten years has done little to change that. I continue to be put off by the nastiness—the tribal segregation of red and blue, this idea that we’re supposed to choose one side and stick to it, unable to listen and compromise, or sometimes even to be civil. I do believe that at its best, politics can be a means for positive change, but this arena is just not for me.”
― Becoming
― Becoming
“what matter it if a man gaineth the whole world and loseth his own soul?”
― An American Tragedy
― An American Tragedy
“Hearing them, I realized that they weren’t at all smarter than the rest of us. They were simply emboldened, floating on an ancient tide of superiority, buoyed by the fact that history had never told them anything different.”
― Becoming
― Becoming
“Solitude sometimes is best society.”
― Paradise Lost
― Paradise Lost
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