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“For when we lie nowadays it is not so much out of weakness as out of a conviction that a man cannot prevail in life unless he is able to lie.”
― The Man Without Qualities
― The Man Without Qualities
“So fuck you, Los Angeles, fuck your palm trees, and your highassed women, and your fancy streets, for I am going home, back to Colorado, back to the best damned town in the USA - Boulder, Colorado.”
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“If at first you don't succeed, try, try again. Then quit. No use being a damn fool about it.”
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“Now and then it's good to pause in our pursuit of happiness and just be happy.”
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“We resort to violence because, after much long and futile talk, the simplicity of violence is an immense relief. People band together in organizations because obedience to orders enables them to do things they have long been incapable of doing out of personal conviction, and the hostility between organizations allows them to engage in the unending reciprocity of blood feuds, while love would all too soon put everyone sleep.”
― The Man Without Qualities
― The Man Without Qualities
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