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Be as courageous as you can. If none of us is prepared to die for freedom, then all of us will die under tyranny.
“Barrabas came to us by sea, the child Clara wrote in her delicate calligraphy. ”
― The House of the Spirits
― The House of the Spirits
“Tell all the Truth but tell it slant--
Success in Circuit lies
Too bright for our infirm Delight
The Truth's superb surprise
As Lightning to the Children eased
With explanation kind
The Truth must dazzle gradually
Or every man be blind--”
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Success in Circuit lies
Too bright for our infirm Delight
The Truth's superb surprise
As Lightning to the Children eased
With explanation kind
The Truth must dazzle gradually
Or every man be blind--”
―
“If one wanted to depict the whole thing graphically, every episode, with its climax, would require a three-dimensional, or, rather, no model: every experience is unrepeatable. What makes lovemaking and reading resemble each other most is that within both of them times and spaces open, different from measurable time and space.”
― If on a Winter's Night a Traveler
― If on a Winter's Night a Traveler
“A half-read book is a half-finished love affair.”
― Cloud Atlas
― Cloud Atlas
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