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“The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances: if there is any reaction, both are transformed.”
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“It could be worse,' Passini said respectfully. "There is nothing worse than war."
Defeat is worse."
I do not believe it," Passini said still respectfully. "What is defeat? You go home.”
― A Farewell to Arms
Defeat is worse."
I do not believe it," Passini said still respectfully. "What is defeat? You go home.”
― A Farewell to Arms
“It is the job of thinking people not to be on the side of the executioners.”
― Neither Victims Nor Executioners
― Neither Victims Nor Executioners
“I have amazing news for you. Man is not alone on this planet. He is part of a community, upon which he depends absolutely.”
― Ishmael: An Adventure of the Mind and Spirit
― Ishmael: An Adventure of the Mind and Spirit
“Perhaps the most terrible (or wonderful) thing that can happen to an imaginative youth, aside from the curse (or blessing) of imagination itself, is to be exposed without preparation to the life outside his or her own sphere - the sudden revelation that there is a there out there.”
― Jitterbug Perfume
― Jitterbug Perfume
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