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“Fear: what did those who inflicted it know? They knew that it worked, even how it worked, but not what it felt like. ‘The wolf cannot speak of the fear of the sheep,’ as they say.”
― The Noise of Time
― The Noise of Time
“Lenin found music depressing.
Stalin thought he understood and appreciated music.
Khrushchev despised music.
Which is the worst for a composer?”
― The Noise of Time
Stalin thought he understood and appreciated music.
Khrushchev despised music.
Which is the worst for a composer?”
― The Noise of Time
“He applauded their idealism. And yes, music might be immortal, but composers alas are not.”
― The Noise of Time
― The Noise of Time
“Always, Christmas brought out the best and the worst in people.”
― Small Things Like These
― Small Things Like These
“Love is not something that happens to a person, but something a person does for another person, every day, every moment.”
― The Future Library
― The Future Library
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