“Education is experience, and the essence of experience is self-reliance.”
― The Once and Future King
― The Once and Future King
“The best thing for being sad ... is to learn something.”
― The Sword in the Stone
― The Sword in the Stone
“Now, in their love, which was stronger, there were the seeds of hatred and fear and confusion growing at the same time: for love can exist with hatred, each preying on the other, and this is what gives it its greatest fury.”
― The Once and Future King
― The Once and Future King
“Were they, for some purpose almost too cunning for belief, only disguised as themselves?”
― The Once and Future King
― The Once and Future King
“The best thing for being sad," replied Merlin, beginning to puff and blow, "is to learn something. That's the only thing that never fails. You may grow old and trembling in your anatomies, you may lie awake at night listening to the disorder of your veins, you may miss your only love, you may see the world about you devastated by evil lunatics, or know your honour trampled in the sewers of baser minds. There is only one thing for it then — to learn. Learn why the world wags and what wags it. That is the only thing which the mind can never exhaust, never alienate, never be tortured by, never fear or distrust, and never dream of regretting. Learning is the only thing for you. Look what a lot of things there are to learn.”
― The Once and Future King
― The Once and Future King
Michael’s 2025 Year in Books
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