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“I would warn you that I do not attribute to nature either beauty or deformity, order or confusion. Only in relation to our imagination can things be called beautiful or ugly, well-ordered or confused.”
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“I ask no favor for my sex. All I ask of our brethren is that they take their feet off our necks.”
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“But it's the truth even if it didn't happen.”
― One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
― One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
“Happiness and despair do not breathe the same air. A man in despair participates in the life of others from a great distance; he is almost unaware of their presence; he has lost any consciousness of his own existence; he is a thing of flesh and blood but feels that he is no longer real; he sees himself only as a dream.”
― The Toilers of the Sea
― The Toilers of the Sea
“There is nothing very remarkable about
being immortal; with the exception of mankind,
all creatures are immortal, for they know
nothing of death. What is divine, terrible, and
incomprehensible is to know oneself immortal.”
― The Aleph and Other Stories
being immortal; with the exception of mankind,
all creatures are immortal, for they know
nothing of death. What is divine, terrible, and
incomprehensible is to know oneself immortal.”
― The Aleph and Other Stories
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