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Chevengur
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But he had never made anything for himself—neither a family, nor a dwelling. In summer he simply lived out in nature, keeping his tools in a sack and using the sack as a pillow—more for the tools’ safety than for softness.
“Three things in human life are important: the first is to be kind; the second is to be kind; and the third is to be kind.”
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“Some day you will be old enough to start reading fairy tales again.”
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“Let us read, and let us dance; these two amusements will never do any harm to the world.”
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“There is no real ending. It’s just the place where you stop the story.”
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“When I am attacked by gloomy thoughts, nothing helps me so much as running to my books. They quickly absorb me and banish the clouds from my mind.”
― Les Essais
― Les Essais
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