“It seems as if, year after year, the world becomes a more difficult place to live.”
― Killing Commendatore
― Killing Commendatore
“Planning is important, but the most important part of every plan is to plan on the plan not going according to plan.”
― The Psychology of Money
― The Psychology of Money
“No matter how vivid a memory, the power of time was stronger. I knew this instinctively.”
― Killing Commendatore
― Killing Commendatore
“No need to worry. Time is the remedy for your concerns. It is the key for all things that possess form. True, time does not last forever, but as long as you have it, it is remarkably efficacious. So look forward to the future, my friends.”
― Killing Commendatore
― Killing Commendatore
“All of us, more or less, wear masks. Because without masks we can’t survive in this violent world. Beneath an evil-spirit mask lies the natural face of an angel, beneath an angel’s mask lies the face of an evil spirit. It’s impossible to have just one or the other. That’s who we are. And that’s Carnaval. Schumann was able to see the many faces of humanity—the masks and the real faces—because he himself was a deeply divided soul, a person who lived in the stifling gap in between the two.”
― First Person Singular: Stories
― First Person Singular: Stories
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