“ A man succeeds in completing a work only when his qualities transcend that work. ”
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“ A man is never completely alone in this world. At the worst, he has the company of a boy, a youth, and by and by a grown man –the one he used to be. ”
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“ No woman marries for money; they are all clever enough, before marrying a millionaire, to fall in love with him first. ”
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“ Every luxury must be paid for, and everything is a luxury, starting with being in this world. ”
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“ Waiting is still an occupation. It is having nothing to wait for that is terrible. ”
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“ Leggendo non cerchiamo idee nuove, ma pensieri già da noi pensati, che acquistano sulla pagina un suggello di conferma. Ci colpiscono degli altri le parole che risuonano in una zona già nostra – che già viviamo – e facendola vibrare ci permettono di cogliere nuovi spunti dentro di noi. ”
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“ Aveva già allora quegli occhi forati, da gatto, e quando aveva detto una cosa finiva: 'Se sbaglio, correggimi'. Fu così che cominciai a capire che non si parla solamente per parlare, per dire 'ho fatto questo' 'ho fatto quello' 'ho mangiato e bevuto', ma si parla per farsi un'idea, per capire come va questo mondo. Non ci avevo mai pensato prima. ”
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“ The words that strike us are those that awake an echo in a zone we have already made our own—the place where we live—and the vibration enables us to find fresh starting points within ourselves. ”
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“ The words that strike us are those that awake an echo in a zone we have already made our own—the place where we live—and the vibration enables us to find fresh starting points within ourselves. ”
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“ Work alone isn't enough for me and mine;we know how to break our backs, but the great dreamOf my fathers was to be good at doing nothing. ”
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“ At great periods you have always felt, deep within you, the temptation to commit suicide. You gave yourself to it, breached your own defenses. You were a child. The idea of suicide was a protest against life; by dying, you would escape this longing for death. ”
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“ Every luxury must be paid for, and everything is a luxury, starting with being in the world. ”
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“ Reality is a prison, where one vegetates and always will. All the rest — thought, action — is just a pastime, mental or physical. What counts then, is to come to grips with reality. The rest can go. ”
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“ The slowness of time, for a man who knows nothing will happen, is brutal. ”
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“ The slowness of time, for a man who knows nothing will happen, is brutal. ”
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“ You wait for nothingif not for the wordthat will burst from the deeplike a fruit among branches. ”
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“ Literature is a defense against the attacks of life. It says to life: "You can't deceive me. I know your habits, foresee and enjoy watching all your reactions, and steal your secret by involving you in cunning obstructions that halt your normal flow… ”
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“ You wait for nothingif not for the wordthat will burst from the deeplike a fruit among branches. ”
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“ Work alone isn't enough for me and mine;we know how to break our backs, but the great dreamOf my fathers was to be good at doing nothing. ”
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“ The whole problem of life, then, is this: how to break out of one's own loneliness, how to communicate with others. ”
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“ Living is like working out a long addition sum, and if you make a mistake in the first two totals you will never find the right answer. It means involving oneself in a complicated chain of circumstances. ”
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“ Living is like working out a long addition sum, and if you make a mistake in the first two totals you will never find the right answer. It means involving oneself in a complicated chain of circumstances. ”
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“ Living is like working out a long addition sum, and if you make a mistake in the first two totals you will never find the right answer. It means involving oneself in a complicated chain of circumstances. ”
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