“The most important thing we learn at school is the fact that the most important things can't be learned at school.”
― What I Talk About When I Talk About Running
― What I Talk About When I Talk About Running
“Is there anything more plausible than a second hand?”
― The Sense of an Ending
― The Sense of an Ending
“Plus, if you’re a copycat, you can never keep up. You’re always in a passive position. You never lead; you always follow. You give birth to something that’s already behind the times—just a knockoff, an inferior version of the original. That’s no way to live.”
― Rework
― Rework
“I will admit he is unusual, but that is perhaps the closest I could come to complimenting him.”
― The Sisters Brothers
― The Sisters Brothers
“And yet it takes only the smallest pleasure or pain to teach us time’s malleability.”
― The Sense of an Ending
― The Sense of an Ending
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