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“But no one came. Because no one ever does.”
― Jude the Obscure
― Jude the Obscure
“Amid the seeming confusion of our mysterious world , individuals are so nicely adjusted to a system, and systems to one another and to a whole, that, by stepping aside for a moment, a man exposes himself to a fearful risk of losing his place forever. (Wakefield)”
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“Well -- I'm an outsider to the end of my days!”
― Jude the Obscure
― Jude the Obscure
“All the animals, the plants, the minerals, even other kinds of men, are being broken and reassembled every day, to preserve an elite few, who are the loudest to theorize on freedom, but the least free of all.”
― Gravity’s Rainbow
― Gravity’s Rainbow
“Art is not cosy and it is not mocked. Art tells the only truth that ultimately matters. It is the light by which human things can be mended. And after art there is, let me assure you all, nothing.”
― The Black Prince
― The Black Prince
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