The Prime Minister out of office is seen, too often, to have been but a pompous rhetorician, and the General without an army is but the tame hero of a market town.
“Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.”
― What I Talk About When I Talk About Running
― What I Talk About When I Talk About Running
“Time weighs down on you like an old, ambiguous dream. You keep on moving, trying to slip through it. But even if you go to the ends of the earth, you won’t be able to escape it. Still, you have to go there – to the edge of the world. There’s something you can’t do unless you get there.”
― Kafka on the Shore
― Kafka on the Shore
“The writer is more concerned to know than to judge.”
― The Moon and Sixpence
― The Moon and Sixpence
“In this world, you get what you pay for.”
― Cat’s Cradle
― Cat’s Cradle
“Nothing in the real world is as beautiful as the illusions of a person about to lose consciousness.”
― What I Talk About When I Talk About Running
― What I Talk About When I Talk About Running
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