Jean-Paul Sartre once wrote, “Evil is not an appearance,” adding that “knowing its causes does not dispel it.”
“I've never seen a nation more quick at finding joy in a sad situation than the Irish at a funeral.”
― Vocation of a Gadfly
― Vocation of a Gadfly
“He showed me his scars, and in return he let me pretend that I had none.”
― Circe
― Circe
“Don’t you understand? When you’re standing on their side, you’re the bizarre genius, the miraculous hero, the force of the rebellion, the flower that blooms alone. But the second your voice differs from theirs, you’ve lost your mind, you’ve ignored morality, you’ve walked the crooked path.”
― 魔道祖师 [Mó Dào Zǔ Shī]
― 魔道祖师 [Mó Dào Zǔ Shī]
“A man is worked upon by what he works on. He may carve out his circumstances, but his circumstances will carve him out as well.”
― The Portable Frederick Douglass
― The Portable Frederick Douglass
“Come to my funeral dressed as you
would for an autumn walk in the woods.
Arrive on your schedule; I give you permission
to be late, even without good cause.
If my day arrives when you had other plans, please
proceed with them instead.
Celebrate me there--keep dancing.”
― Worldly Things
would for an autumn walk in the woods.
Arrive on your schedule; I give you permission
to be late, even without good cause.
If my day arrives when you had other plans, please
proceed with them instead.
Celebrate me there--keep dancing.”
― Worldly Things
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