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Shalin
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“They remembered only the feeling which is the meaning of spring … not to grass, trees and sky, but to the great sense of beginning, of triumphant progression, of certainty in an achievement that nothing will stop … from wooden scaffoldings, from steam shovels, from blocks of stone and sheets of glass rising out of the earth they received the sense of youth, motion, purpose, fulfillment.”
— Jan 02, 2026 10:39PM
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“ From the beginning of history, the two antagonist have stood face-to-face: the creator and the secondhander. When the first creator invented the wheel, the first secondhander responded. He invented altruism.”
— Jan 04, 2026 03:35PM
Shalin
is on page 635 of 704
“ The independent man kills them— because they don’t exist within him and that’s the only form of existence they know. Notice the malignant kind of resentment against any idea that propounds independence. Notice the malice toward an independent man they know. They’re afraid. You’re a reproach.”
— Jan 04, 2026 01:05PM
Shalin
is on page 284 of 704
283-288 such great tactical banter between toohey and Dominique
— Dec 28, 2025 05:46PM
Shalin
is on page 280 of 704
One of the most underratedly, unobvious intimate scenes I’ve ever read. I love this book!!
— Dec 28, 2025 05:34PM
Shalin
is on page 141 of 704
This sums it up so far…
“ I take the only desire one can really permit oneself. Freedom, Alvah, freedom.”
“You call that freedom?”
“To ask nothing. To expect nothing. To depend on nothing.”
— Dec 24, 2025 04:08PM
“ I take the only desire one can really permit oneself. Freedom, Alvah, freedom.”
“You call that freedom?”
“To ask nothing. To expect nothing. To depend on nothing.”
