William > William's Quotes

“It is our suffering that brings us together. It is not love. Love does not obey the mind, and turns to hate when forced. The bond that binds us is beyond choice. We are brothers. We are brothers in what we share. In pain, which each of us must suffer alone, in hunger, in poverty, in hope, we know our brotherhood. We know it, because we have had to learn it. We know that there is no help for us but from one another, that no hand will save us if we do not reach out our hand. And the hand that you reach out is empty, as mine is. You have nothing. You possess nothing. You own nothing. You are free. All you have is what you are, and what you give.”
― Ursula K. Le Guin, The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia

“In their brief time together Slothrop forms the impression that this octopus is not in good mental health, though where's his basis for comparing?”
― Thomas Pynchon, Gravity’s Rainbow

“I was a victim of a series of accidents, as are we all.”
― Kurt Vonnegut, The Sirens of Titan

“The best men are not consistent in good—why should the worst men be consistent in evil?”
― Wilkie Collins, The Woman in White

“There was always some savior out in the wilderness, some senator, some patent, some institute, some cell.”
― Claire Vaye Watkins, Gold Fame Citrus

“Women have served all these centuries as looking glasses possessing the magic and delicious power of reflecting the figure of man at twice its natural size.”
― Virginia Woolf, A Room of One’s Own

“At present I would prefer not to be a little reasonable,' was his mildly cadaverous reply.”
― Herman Melville, Bartleby the Scrivener

“More than kisses, letters mingle souls.”
― John Donne

“The machine conceals the machinations.”
― Ursula K. Le Guin, The Left Hand of Darkness

“Danger's over, Banana Breakfast is saved.”
― Thomas Pynchon, Gravity’s Rainbow