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“In the end, your past is not my past and your truth is not my truth and your solution - is not my solution.”
― White Teeth
― White Teeth
“You must live life with the full knowledge that your actions will remain. We are creatures of consequence.”
― White Teeth
― White Teeth
“... don't ever underestimate people, don't ever underestimate the pleasure they receive from viewing pain that is not their own... Pain by itself is just Pain. But Pain + Distance can = entertainment, voyeurism, human interest, cinéma vérité, a good belly chuckle, a sympathetic smile, a raised eyebrow, disguised contempt.”
― White Teeth
― White Teeth
“You are never stronger...than when you land on the other side of despair.”
― White Teeth
― White Teeth
“If religion is the opiate of the people, tradition is an even more sinister analgesic, simply because it rarely appears sinister. If religion is a tight band, a throbbing vein, and a needle, tradition is a far homelier concoction: poppy seeds ground into tea; a sweet cocoa drink laced with cocaine; the kind of thing your grandmother might have made.”
― White Teeth
― White Teeth
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