“There are some things one can only achieve by a deliberate leap in the opposite direction.’ —Franz Kafka”
― When You Disappeared
― When You Disappeared
“Socrates may have thought himself to be the wisest in Athens, but King Solomon was the wisest in the world. With all his philosophy Socrates died a poor man, and with all his wisdom King Solomon died a rich man.”
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“Then you’ll remember your life as a book of candles, each page read by the light of its own burning.”
― Behind My Eyes: Poems
― Behind My Eyes: Poems
“When the past is always with you, it may as well be present; and if it is present, it will be future as well.”
― Neuromancer
― Neuromancer
“In the dark night of all beings awakes to Light the tranquil man. But what is day to other beings is night for the sage who sees.”
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