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Mischel
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“We are fascinated, all of us, by the implacable otherness of others. And we wish to penetrate by hypothesis, by daydream, by scientific investigation those leaden walls that encase the human spirit, that define it and guard it and hold it forever inaccessible.”
― In the Lake of the Woods
― In the Lake of the Woods
“Pain and suffering are always inevitable for a large intelligence and a deep heart. The really great men must, I think, have great sadness on earth.”
― Crime and Punishment
― Crime and Punishment
“You think your pain and your heartbreak are unprecedented in the history of the world, but then you read.”
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“Every man's memory is his private literature.”
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“I love you," someone says, and instantly we begin to wonder - "Well, how much?" - and when the answer comes - "With my whole heart" - we then wonder about the wholeness of a fickle heart.) Our lovers, our husbands, our wives, our fathers, our gods - they are all beyond us.”
― In the Lake of the Woods
― In the Lake of the Woods
Mischel’s 2025 Year in Books
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