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“In some ways suffering ceases to be suffering at the moment it finds a meaning, such as the meaning of a sacrifice.”
― Man's Search for Meaning
― Man's Search for Meaning
“The cheaper the crook, the gaudier the patter.”
― The Maltese Falcon
― The Maltese Falcon
“You are what you love, not what loves you. ”
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“When statesmen forsake their own private conscience for the sake of their public duties, they lead their country by a short route to chaos.”
― A Man for All Seasons: A Play in Two Acts
― A Man for All Seasons: A Play in Two Acts
“Perhaps, as we say in America, I wanted to find myself. This is an interesting phrase, not current as far as I know in the language of any other people, which certainly does not mean what it says but betrays a nagging suspicion that something has been misplaced. I think now that if I had any intimation that the self I was going to find would turn out to be only the same self from which I had spent so much time in flight, I would have stayed at home.”
― Giovanni’s Room
― Giovanni’s Room
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