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Robert Walser
“He was one of those people who feel so compelled to fulfill duties that they go plunging into great collapsing edifices constructed entirely of disagreeable duties simply out of the fear that some secret, inconspicuous duty might somehow elude them.”
Robert Walser, The Tanners

Leo Tolstoy
“The most difficult subjects can be explained to the most slow-witted man if he has not formed any idea of them already; but the simplest thing cannot be made clear to the most intelligent man if he is firmly persuaded that he knows already, without a shadow of doubt, what is laid before him.”
Leo Tolstoy, The Kingdom of God Is Within You

J.D. Salinger
“You can't ever find a place that's nice and peaceful, because there isn't any. You may think there is, but once you get there, when you're not looking, somebody'll sneak up and write "Fuck you" right under your nose.”
J.D. Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye

Chandler Brossard
“Stupidity is the prerogative of the wealthy. Pauper's field is crammed with smart guys.”
Chandler Brossard, The Bold Saboteurs

Lionel Trilling
“Where misunderstanding serves others as an advantage, one is helpless to make oneself understood”
Lionel Trilling, The Liberal Imagination: Essays on Literature and Society

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