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""...there is nothing in life which possession does not discover to be inadequate: we are cursed with a tyrannous need for what life does not afford; and we strive for various prizes, saying,'Happiness is there,' when in point of fact it is nowhere." — Sep 08, 2013 09:51AM
""...there is nothing in life which possession does not discover to be inadequate: we are cursed with a tyrannous need for what life does not afford; and we strive for various prizes, saying,'Happiness is there,' when in point of fact it is nowhere." — Sep 08, 2013 09:51AM
“You have to write the book that wants to be written. And if the book will be too difficult for grown-ups, then you write it for children.”
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“Everywhere I go I'm asked if I think the university stifles writers. My opinion is that they don't stifle enough of them. There's many a best-seller that could have been prevented by a good teacher.”
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“I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I am saying.”
― The Happy Prince and Other Stories
― The Happy Prince and Other Stories
“Three things in human life are important: the first is to be kind; the second is to be kind; and the third is to be kind.”
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“The books are to remind us what asses and fool we are. They're Caeser's praetorian guard, whispering as the parade roars down the avenue, "Remember, Caeser, thou art mortal." Most of us can't rush around, talking to everyone, know all the cities of the world, we haven't time, money or that many friends. The things you're looking for, Montag, are in the world, but the only way the average chap will ever see ninety-nine per cent of them is in a book. Don't ask for guarantees. And don't look to be saved in any one thing, person, machine, or library. Do your own bit of saving, and if you drown, at least die knowing you were headed for shore.”
― Fahrenheit 451
― Fahrenheit 451
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