“All history is the experimental refutation of the theory of the so-called moral order of things.”
― Thus Spoke Zarathustra
― Thus Spoke Zarathustra
“That even in the darkest of times we have the right to expect some illumination, and that such illumination might well come less from theories and concepts than from the uncertain, flickering, and often weak light that some men and women, in their lives and their works, will kindle under almost all circumstances and shed over the time span that was given to them....”
― Men in Dark Times
― Men in Dark Times
“The internet is the superhighway of grammatically incorrect moral outrage. EPHRON:”
― Nora Ephron: The Last Interview: and Other Conversations
― Nora Ephron: The Last Interview: and Other Conversations
“Failure, they say, is a growth experience; you learn from failure. I wish that were true. It seems to me the main thing you learn from failure is that it's entirely possible you will have another failure.”
― I Remember Nothing: and Other Reflections
― I Remember Nothing: and Other Reflections
“He had not the benefit of existentialist terminology; but what he felt was a very clear case of the anxiety of freedom - that is, the realization that one is free and the realization that being free is a situation of terror”
― The French Lieutenant’s Woman
― The French Lieutenant’s Woman
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