

“Your memory is a monster; you forget—it doesn't. It simply files things away. It keeps things for you, or hides things from you—and summons them to your recall with will of its own. You think you have a memory; but it has you!”
― A Prayer for Owen Meany
― A Prayer for Owen Meany

“Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth.”
― Walden or, Life in the Woods
― Walden or, Life in the Woods

“The belief in a supernatural source of evil is not necessary; men alone are quite capable of every wickedness.”
― Under Western Eyes
― Under Western Eyes

“Humankind cannot bear very much reality.”
― Four Quartets
― Four Quartets
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