“The writer is more concerned to know than to judge.”
― The Moon and Sixpence
― The Moon and Sixpence
“What we seek is some kind of compensation for what we put up with.”
― Dance Dance Dance
― Dance Dance Dance
“In this world, you get what you pay for.”
― Cat’s Cradle
― Cat’s Cradle
“Each one of us is alone in the world. He is shut in a tower of brass, and can communicate with his fellows only by signs, and the signs have no common value, so that their sense is vague and uncertain. We seek pitifully to convey to others the treasures of our heart, but they have not the power to accept them, and so we go lonely, side by side but not together, unable to know our fellows and unknown by them.”
― The Moon and Sixpence
― The Moon and Sixpence
“As lovers, the difference between men and women is that women can love all day long, but men only at times.”
― The Moon and Sixpence
― The Moon and Sixpence
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