John
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“The existence of a majority logically implies a corresponding minority.”
― The Minority Report
― The Minority Report
“He needed me to do what sons do for their fathers: bear witness that they’re substantial, that they’re not hollow, not ringing absences. That they count for something when little else seems to.”
― Canada
― Canada
“It was only when you left it alone that a tree might treat you as a friend. After the blade bit in, you had yourself a war.”
― Train Dreams
― Train Dreams
“The fortunate man is seldom satisfied with the fact of being fortunate, beyond this he needs to know that he has a right to his good fortune. He wants to be convinced he deserves it and above all that he deserves it in comparison with others. Good fortune, thus wants to be legitimate fortune.”
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“Living up the Moyea with plenty of small chores to distract him, he forgot he was a sad man. When the hymns began, he remembered.”
― Train Dreams
― Train Dreams
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