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"I liked the way they are telling us the characters' strengths and weakness, and I am looking forward for how this is going to build the trama, but I am afraid of the unorthodox approach contrary to "show, don't tell".
Also, I wonder if Oliver is going to slowly substitute James as the more talented, as he seems to immerse himself more on the characters, and only lack confidence." — Apr 15, 2024 11:32AM
"I liked the way they are telling us the characters' strengths and weakness, and I am looking forward for how this is going to build the trama, but I am afraid of the unorthodox approach contrary to "show, don't tell".
Also, I wonder if Oliver is going to slowly substitute James as the more talented, as he seems to immerse himself more on the characters, and only lack confidence." — Apr 15, 2024 11:32AM
The human race is but a monotonous affair. Most of them labour the greater part of their time for mere subsistence; and the scanty portion of freedom which remains to them so troubles them that they use every exertion to get rid of it. Oh,
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“Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.”
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“So many books, so little time.”
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“I'm selfish, impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control and at times hard to handle. But if you can't handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don't deserve me at my best.”
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“Intelligence is one of the greatest human gifts. But all too often a search for knowledge drives out the search for love. This is something else I've discovered for myself very recently. I present it to you as a hypothesis: Intelligence without the ability to give and receive affection leads to mental and moral breakdown, to neurosis, and possibly even psychosis. And I say that the mind absorbed in and involved in itself as a self-centered end, to the exclusion of human relationships, can only lead to violence and pain.”
― Flowers for Algernon
― Flowers for Algernon
“That's the thing about human life--there is no control group, no way to ever know how any of us would have turned out if any variables had been changed.”
― Flowers for Algernon
― Flowers for Algernon
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