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“Intolerance of ambiguity is the mark of an authoritarian personality.”
― Theodor Adorno

“A man needs enough...no less, no more. ”
― Marina Lewycka, Two Caravans

“But loneliness is as delusive a belief in the pertinence of the world as is love: in choosing to feel lonely, as in choosing to love, one carves a space next to oneself to be filled by others - a friend, a lover, a toy poodle, a violinist on the radio.”
― Yiyun Li, Kinder Than Solitude

“The present is a kind of memory.”
― Jonathan Tel, Scratching the Head of Chairman Mao

“Sometimes an outsider can understand us in a way we do not understand ourselves.”
― Jonathan Tel, Scratching the Head of Chairman Mao

“Nothing is ever lost; nothing is without consequences; whatever you think you've put behind you, for good or ill it'll come back again.”
― Jonathan Tel, Scratching the Head of Chairman Mao

“Now or never. To be or not to be!” Oblomov rose from his chair, but, failing at once to insert his foot into a slipper, sat down again.”
― Ivan Goncharov, Oblomov