“Does such a thing as 'the fatal flaw,' that showy dark crack running down the middle of a life, exist outside literature? I used to think it didn't. Now I think it does. And I think that mine is this: a morbid longing for the picturesque at all costs.”
― The Secret History
― The Secret History
“It is is better to know one book intimately than a hundred superficially.”
― The Secret History
― The Secret History
“Are you happy here?" I said at last.
He considered this for a moment. "Not particularly," he said. "But you're not very happy where you are, either.”
― The Secret History
He considered this for a moment. "Not particularly," he said. "But you're not very happy where you are, either.”
― The Secret History
“Men are so quick to blame the gods: they say
that we devise their misery. But they
themselves- in their depravity- design
grief greater than the griefs that fate assigns.”
― The Odyssey
that we devise their misery. But they
themselves- in their depravity- design
grief greater than the griefs that fate assigns.”
― The Odyssey
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