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“Sometimes an admirer spends more talent extolling a work than the author did in creating it.”
― De la vanité et de quelques autres sujets. 1925 [Leather Bound]
― De la vanité et de quelques autres sujets. 1925 [Leather Bound]
“For a seed to achieve its greatest expression, it must come completely undone. The shell cracks, its insides come out and everything changes. To someone who doesn't understand growth, it would look like complete destruction.”
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“Thus it is that no cruelty whatsoever passes by without impact. Thus it is that we always pay dearly for chasing after what is cheap.”
― The Gulag Archipelago 1918–1956
― The Gulag Archipelago 1918–1956
“Just because the relationship ended doesn't mean it wasn't true or good or worth having. Everything expires eventually. Enjoy the good for what it was, not what it always has to be.”
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“I never understood people who don't have bookshelves”
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